The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, has asked the Central Election Commission to protect the integrity of the electoral process, following the announcement of a failure of the software for publishing online votes.
"The President of the Republic of Kosovo congratulates the citizens who, even in this electoral process, showed a high democratic culture. She has expressed the expectation that the CEC will successfully complete the vote count by tonight. However, following the software failure, information confirmed by the CEC, the President has requested that the integrity of the electoral process be protected, ensuring that every vote is counted correctly," reads a statement by the President on the Presidency's Facebook page.
The statement continues by saying that the president will be in contact with the institutions until fully ensuring that the entire process, including the counting and publication of the results, is carried out in accordance with democratic standards and in accordance with the will of the citizens.
