The Serbian list announced that it will not participate in the vote for the removal of the mayor in Kosovo

Serbian List, the largest party of Serbs in Kosovo, which has the support of Belgrade, announced that it will not participate in the vote for the removal of mayors in four municipalities in the north of Kosovo, which is scheduled for April 21.

"The position of the Serbian List is not to participate in the referendum called by Aljbin Kurti because he did everything to make it fail," said the president of the Serbian List, Zlatan Elek, at a press conference in North Mitrovica on April 7.

He said that "impossible procedures" were planned for the vote to remove the mayor on April 21, and that the voter lists "do not reflect the real situation on the ground" and that the number of Albanians on the voter lists had increased.

"In two months in all municipalities, the number of voters increased disproportionately, by as much as 433 percent," said the president of the Serbian List.

The Central Election Commission of Kosovo has decided that the vote for the removal of the mayor in four municipalities in the north of Kosovo will be held on April 21.

The commission verified the signatures of citizens who submitted a petition to remove the mayors of the municipalities with a Serbian majority in the north of Kosovo - North Mitrovica, Leposavic, Zvecan and Zubin Potok.

The signatures were collected in mid-January based on the Administrative Instruction of the Government of Kosovo, which was passed to pave the way for calling elections in municipalities in the north because the local Serbian population did not accept Albanian mayors.

In order for the upcoming vote to remove the mayor to be successful, 50 percent plus one vote of citizens with the right to vote is needed.

After that, the result is sent to the President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, who has a legal deadline of 30 to 45 days to call early elections.

The Serbian community in the north of Kosovo boycotted the last local elections, as a result of which Albanian mayors came to power at the end of May 2023, which raised tensions in that part of the country.