Over 2 million Kosovo citizens with the right to vote - 28 political forces are competing in the elections, of which 20 parties
Over 2 million citizens of Kosovo have the right to vote in today's elections, but over the years a significant part have not exercised their right. According to CEC data, the number of citizens with the right to vote within the territory of Kosovo is 1 million 970 thousand 944 voters, while the number of citizens who have registered to vote from outside Kosovo is 104 thousand 924 voters. 28 political forces are competing in these elections, of which 20 political parties, five coalitions, two citizen lists and one independent candidate.
According to CEC figures, 100,000 young people will vote for the first time, while referring to data from past elections, it is precisely these young people who make up the largest turnout.
Citizens will choose between the candidates for prime minister, who are; Albin Kurti of the Vetëvendosje Movement, who is seeking a second term, Bedri Hamza of the Democratic Party of Kosovo, Lumir Abdixhiku of the Democratic League of Kosovo and Ramush Haradinaj of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo. Over two million euros was the amount that a political party was entitled to spend during the election campaign, while the expenses for this campaign are expected to be published 30 days after the certification of the results.
Meanwhile, for the first time, the Kosovo diaspora voted in the diplomatic missions of the countries where they live and this process took place on Saturday, February 8, one day before the elections were held in the territory of Kosovo. The spokesperson of the Central Election Commission, Valmir Elezi, announced that the diaspora's voting in diplomatic missions is taking place for the first time in the history of the state of Kosovo. Thus, for one day, the diplomatic missions of Kosovo have been transformed into voting centers. Voting in the diplomatic missions of Kosovo was organized in 19 different countries of the world, mainly in Europe, but also in the United States of America and Canada.
In total, about 105,000 citizens have registered to vote from outside Kosovo, of which 20,324 have registered to vote physically at one of the diplomatic missions, about 17,000 other citizens have registered to send the envelope with ballots to the CEC mailbox in Kosovo. While about 60,000 others have registered to send the package with ballots to one of the CEC mailboxes opened outside Kosovo.
The CEC announced earlier that a total of 1,752,650 ballots have been printed, a number smaller than the number of voters, but this is due to the fact that in all previous elections, the turnout of citizens was not more than 50% of eligible voters.
The elections are also considered of great importance for Serbs, who decided to participate in the process, despite the tensions in recent months. Everyone agrees that the policy of boycotting Kosovo institutions must change and that the problems of the Serb community must be institutionalized.
For the past decade, the ten guaranteed seats in the Kosovo Assembly have been held by the Serb List. But, in the past two years, Serb MPs, in accordance with the “boycott policy”, have been going to the Assembly every six months just to avoid losing their mandates and salaries. In addition to the Serb List, other parties from the Serb community will also participate in the February 9 elections, such as the Serbian Democracy, the Party of Kosovo Serbs and the Civic Initiative for Popular Justice.
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