Polling stations in Kosovo are closed. Six parties and initiatives are fighting for 10 parliamentary seats reserved for representatives of Serbs
Na Kosovo polling stations are closed today (February 9). elections for the assembly of temporary institutions.
According to the data of the central election commission in Pristina, 2.075.868 voters have the right to vote, of which 104.924 are registered to vote outside the province.
28 political entities with 1.280 candidates are participating in the elections, who will compete for 120 parliamentary seats in the assembly of temporary institutions, 10 of which are reserved for representatives of Serbs.
Six parties and initiatives are participating in the race for the ten parliamentary seats reserved for representatives of Serbs - Serbian list, Serbian Democracy, Party of Kosovo Serbs, Serbian People's Movement, Civic Initiative Narodna Pravda and List for Freedom, Justice and Survival.
Among the Albanian parties, the biggest favorite this time too is the ruling Self-Determination party, headed by him Albin Kurti.
Crowded since early morning
There has been a crowd in front of the "Sveti Sava" elementary school polling station in North Mitrovica since early morning, reports the "Vremena" reporter from the scene. Rivers of people came to the polling station with the president of the Serbian List, Zlatan Elek, who was announced earlier that he would vote in this polling center at 7.30:XNUMX a.m.
Despite the large number of citizens, none of them were in the mood to make statements.
Dušan Radaković from Democracy on Action, a coalition of organizations monitoring the elections, says that most polling stations opened on time this morning. There were delays in several places, mostly due to delays in the material itself.
"The big problem is the polling stations where we have three people." By law, three people can open a polling station, but four people must be present at the polling station on election day. Those who did not come are mostly from Albanian parties, and I hope that this irregularity will be corrected during the day," Radaković points out.
Party leaders voted
By 11 a.m., all the most famous leaders of Serbian political parties had voted. According to CEC data, 8,33 percent of voters in Kosovo voted in this period.
Of the Serbian communities, the turnout is extremely low in North Mitrovica (1,2 percent), while it is extremely high in Zvečan (almost 18 percent).
The British ambassador to Kosovo, Jonathan Hargeaves, also visited the voting center of the "Sveti Sava" elementary school.
He stated that the Embassy of Great Britain in Kosovo is satisfied because it provided six teams that function in coordination with the EU observation mission in Kosovo, which has over 100 members.
"We are here to see how the process works and how the day passes and to help in the general evaluation to make sure that the elections are taking place in accordance with the laws of Kosovo and international standards," said the ambassador.
Hargives pointed out that he hopes for a great turnout, and that all citizens will use their right to vote and decide who will govern Kosovo.
Irregularities in Zubin Potok, flag removed from the school
Police detained five people today in Zubina Potok and the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, during the parliamentary elections, for "violating the free choice of voters", while in Podujevo and Gnjilan two people were arrested for photographing ballots, according to Radio Television of Serbia.
Buses from central Serbia pass normally at all administrative crossings towards Kosovo.
Buses with internally displaced persons from Kosovo who want to exercise their right to vote left from cities in Serbia tonight and early this morning, writes FoNet.
The flag of Serbia was removed from the Elementary School "Jovan Cvijić" in Zubin Potok, where there are polling stations for today's elections for the Assembly of Kosovo. The flag was at the entrance of the school at the beginning of the voting, according to Kosovo Online.
A group of 135 regime journalists signed under the advertisement in "Informer" calling for the establishment of a new association - "Association of Journalists of Serbia" (ANS).
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, boasted that he would write the world bestseller "How I Defeated the Colored Revolution" by June 28. On this occasion, the students in the blockade invite all citizens to gather in Belgrade for Vidovdan and celebrate Vučić's victory over them.
Journalist associations condemned the dismissal of journalist Marija Šehić and accused the management of "Juronjuz" of collapsing professional standards, concealing information and ignoring the union's demands.
Although the opposition claims that a person who was not on the voter's list voted, the Kosjerić MEC did not see a reason to cancel the election.
In a public appeal, 25 members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts accuse the President of Serbia of collapsing institutions, the media, the judiciary and the basic pillars of society.
Aleksandar Vučić now has only the old, proven methods of classic dictatorships left, because these modern methods of insanity and poisoning the public are failing. And that, however, goes against his head
Vučić is not defending the state, but himself from the state. With a drum on his back and a guitar in his hands, this man-orchestra performs two or three of the same songs without hearing, with falsifications and falling out of rhythm. His government and politics are like that. In short - dangerous for the environment
Arrests of professors, punishment of people, firing of journalists... The regime of Aleksandar Vučić is shining and is yet to shine. It is the decadent phase of the regime, the one towards the end
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