The Ministry for Kosovo told the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK) that the OSCE had set out a number of requirements for holding elections in Kosovo. Advisor to the minister for Kosovo and Metohija Vlada Jovičić said that the commission and the OSCE had agreed in principle on the OSCE assisting RIK in conducting the elections in the province, but the OSCE requirements that were “bordering on legality.” The OSCE recommends that for security reasons, the votes should be counted outside Kosovo and Metohija, the electoral commissions should only have a chairperson and two more members and the polls should be held at a total of 19 stations with between 70 and 100 polling booths, while in the mostly Serb-populated north, a few more polling stations should be opened. One of the OSCE requirements is that Serbia’s national symbols only be placed inside the polling stations.
The OSCE accepts that all the other electoral activities be held under the Serbian regulations, Jovičić said, adding that the Ministry for Kosovo and Metohija would ask the Serbian government for its opinion on the matter. He added that UNMIK, who had been asked to assist in the election organization first, had “dropped the matter in the lap” of the OSCE.
Full Article: B92 – Info – Election commission hears about OSCE’s Kosovo requirements.