Schlumberger: Polls in Kosovo in keeping with regulations

PRISTINA - Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo Jean-Claude Schlumberger said that the voting procedure in the early parliamentary elections in Kosovo-Metohija on Sunday was conducted in keeping with regulations and the data of the organisation show 34.42 percent of citizens with the right to vote cast their ballots in the course of the day.

Schlumberger expressed satisfaction with the voting procedure and added that the ten OSCE centres and 15 branches in Kosovo opened and closed on time except three polling stations which closed later as voters were waiting in lines to cast their ballots. According to the OSCE data, a total of 34.42 percent of citizens voted on Sunday, Schlumberger said.

Upon the closing of the polling stations, the election materials were transported by OSCE vehicles to Raska and Vranje where the ballots were counted, states the OSCE release.

The total number of people with the right to vote in the parliamentary elections in Kosovo-Metohija added up to 107,958 and they had the chance to use their right at ten polling centres and 15 branches.

The elections in 17 municipalities in Kosovo-Metohija were followed by 400 OSCE representatives.

Photo Tanjug, BOKI