President of Kosovo Vjosa Osmani said on Tuesday that it is a matter of days when the by-laws that pave the way for the petition for the dismissal of the chairmen in the north of Kosovo and the announcement of new elections will be completed, while she asked the international factor to put pressure on Serbia to to end the intimidation of the Serbs in the north.

She made these comments during a visit to the municipality of Dragash, about 90 kilometers south of Pristina, during which she said that the institutions of Kosovo have the will to fulfill the requirements for the extension of the situation in the north. 

"It is a matter of days when the legal basis will be completed in terms of by-laws and those of the ministry and the Central Election Commission that determine the deadlines and procedural technical issues related to the implementation of Article 72 of the law on local self-government. So after the by-laws are completed, it is up to the citizens in the north whether they want to use this right or not," she said. 

The new elections in the north are part of steps to reduce tensions that erupted after the Albanian mayors who emerged from the April 23 elections boycotted by the Serbs were sent to the offices of the northern municipalities with the support of the police.

Government of Kosovo has said that it expects the drafting of a document to be completed by the beginning of September, through which it is expected to determine the rules on how to organize the petition, which would enable the citizens of the municipalities to dismiss their mayors.

In order for the petition to succeed, according to government officials, it must express the will of 20 percent of a municipality's voters. President Osmani said that the citizens in the north are ready to use the right to go to extraordinary elections.