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Kosovo's Election Commission Annuls Votes
Pristina | 25 November 2009 | Petrit Collaku
Kosovo Local Elections 2009
ECAC has ordered the Central Election Commission, CEC, to annul the results of these 15 polling stations, eight of which are in Gjakova.
“There will not be a re-election or recounting in those annulled polling stations,” Fehmi Ajvazi, CEC spokesperson told Balkan Insight.
Many complaints for Gjakova came from the mayoral candidate of the coalition New Kosovo Alliance, AKR, and Democratic League of Dardania, LDD, Mimoza Kusari-Lila who has accused the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo of electoral manipulation.
The preliminary results from the Central Election Commission show that the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo won 52.8 per cent of the vote, while AKR gained 40.7 per cent, ensuring the AAK candidate, Pal Lekaj, was elected mayor without the need for a second round. It is still unknown if the cancellation of votes will impact the final results in the municipality of Gjakova and force the CEC to hold a second round.
The AAK member at the CEC, Blerim Burjani, has rejected the decision to annul the votes from 15 polling stations. He warned that a law suit could be taken to the Constitutional Court.
The CEC has eliminated 105 election commissioners where ECAC has found irregularities at the polling centres. They will not take part in the run offs.
