DSS backs request for parliament to call elections in Kosovo
Deputy Speaker of the Serbian Parliament and member of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), which is in the opposition, Nenad Popovic met with officials of the provisional assembly of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and supported their request for the Serbian parliament to call local elections in four municipalities in northern Kosovo.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Wednesday, November 13, 2013
The provisional assembly was formed at a meeting in Zvecan in July this year, despite opposition from the authorities in Belgrade. The request from the provisional assembly for the Serbian parliament to call local elections in northern Kosovo are legitimate and justified, Popovic noted. "The only legitimate elections are the ones called by the Serbian parliament," he stated, adding that the assemblies of four municipalities in northern Kosovo predominantly populated by Serbs were dissolved two months ago. The Serbian government decided in September to dissolve those assemblies based on the law on local government, but gave no explanation, deputy president of the provisional assembly Dobrosav Dobric stated, adding that the deadline to call the elections expired on Tuesday. That is why officials of the provisional assembly visited the Serbian parliament, to see if the parliament speaker would apply the law and call the elections in the four municipalities. The DSS asked the parliament speaker earlier to call local elections in the four municipalities in northern Kosovo.
