Kosovo Central Election Commission approves candidates' lists
The Kosovo-wide election is scheduled for 17 November. (Lubomir Kotek/OSCE) Photo details
PRISTINA, 16 October 2001 (OSCE) - The Central Election Commission (CEC) has agreed to the lists of candidates submitted by political entities to contest Kosovo's election next month. In all, 1,282 candidates have been approved.
"It is very commendable that all the parties have met the standards set by the CEC," said CEC chairman and OSCE Head of Mission, Ambassador Daan Everts. "This is truly a promising response by the political entities. It bodes very well for further democratic progress."
The CEC gave the Serb political entity, Coalition Return, extra time to prepare its lists. This is because the entity was late in forming and is handicapped by the geographic fragmentation of its support; it now needs to agree the order in which its candidates will run and it needs to ensure it has the requisite number of women on its list.
Under the electoral rules, one in three of the first two thirds of the candidates on the list must be a woman. Among those barred from running are members of the judiciary, Kosovo Police Service and Kosovo Protection Corps, as well as members of the CEC, Municipal Election Commissions, and the Election Complaints and Appeals Subcommission.
Because the ballot paper only shows the political entities, the candidates' names will be published and publicised separately. Posters with lists of all candidates will appear in the polling stations.
Copies of the lists can be obtained on the OSCE Mission in Kosovo website at: www.osce.org/kosovo/elections.
"It is very commendable that all the parties have met the standards set by the CEC," said CEC chairman and OSCE Head of Mission, Ambassador Daan Everts. "This is truly a promising response by the political entities. It bodes very well for further democratic progress."
The CEC gave the Serb political entity, Coalition Return, extra time to prepare its lists. This is because the entity was late in forming and is handicapped by the geographic fragmentation of its support; it now needs to agree the order in which its candidates will run and it needs to ensure it has the requisite number of women on its list.
Under the electoral rules, one in three of the first two thirds of the candidates on the list must be a woman. Among those barred from running are members of the judiciary, Kosovo Police Service and Kosovo Protection Corps, as well as members of the CEC, Municipal Election Commissions, and the Election Complaints and Appeals Subcommission.
Because the ballot paper only shows the political entities, the candidates' names will be published and publicised separately. Posters with lists of all candidates will appear in the polling stations.
Copies of the lists can be obtained on the OSCE Mission in Kosovo website at: www.osce.org/kosovo/elections.