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Elections in Kosovo/ LVV calls for re-voting by mail
2025-03-17 17:37:30 / KOSOVA
The Vetëvendosje Movement (LVV) has addressed the Electoral Complaints and Appeals Panel (ECAP), asking it to decide on a postal recount for the parliamentary elections held on February 9.
Blerim Sallahu from LVV claimed that there were manipulations and abuses in the postal voting, which, according to him, were orchestrated by the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).
"We have requested from the ECAP that 18,933 contaminated LDK votes, received in a manipulated form, be initially annulled. Under two, we have requested a re-voting by mail and under three we have requested that candidates who received disproportionately more votes by mail than at polling stations in Kosovo be removed from the list and that they not be replaced with other LDK members," he said in a media appearance after submitting the complaint.
There has still been no reaction from the LDK after the submission of this complaint by LVV to the ECAP.
The LVV had previously requested the Panel to order a recount of the postal vote, but the Panel argued that such a request had been submitted after the legal deadline, which was 48 hours after the completion of the vote counting process.
Sallahu said that in the complaint, the PAZP directors have provided evidence of the alleged manipulation. According to him, the manipulation scheme started from the voter registration phase, to the filling out of the ballots and their sending to Kosovo.
"The address was LDK and thus the voting took place in a manipulated form, massively and collectively organized by the same people with the same pen, the same color and the same hands," he added.
The LVV's organizational secretary, Alim Rama, cited several candidates who had received fewer votes in Kosovo than through postal voting as an example of their accusations against the LDK.
He also mentioned that in the votes recounted by mail – after the ECAP had decided to recount some of them because there were ballots that had not been printed properly – the distribution of votes was “completely normal”.
He said that it is important that the ECAP approves the three demands of the LVV and thus, according to him, "restore the legitimacy of elections in Kosovo."
The Vetëvendosje Movement said that it had previously sent the evidence it has in this case to the Basic Prosecutor's Office in Pristina, but they have not yet been notified of any action by this institution.
The Central Election Commission on March 15 announced the final results of the February 9 elections.
The LVV came first with over 390,000 votes or 42.30 percent. The Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) came second with over 190,000 votes, or 20.95 percent, followed by the LDK with over 170,000 votes, or 18.27 percent.
In fourth place is the coalition between the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) and the Social Democratic Initiative with over 66,000 votes or 7.06 percent.
The Serbian List – the largest Serb party in Kosovo – secured over 39,000 votes or 4.26 percent.
After the announcement of the result, parties and candidates can address the Electoral Complaints and Appeals Panel and then the Supreme Court if they have objections to the result.
For the February 9 elections, citizens were able to vote within Kosovo, by mail, and for the first time, physical voting was organized in several Kosovo embassies and consulates in several countries around the world./ REL
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