KOSOVO ALBANIANS BOYCOT SERBIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AGAIN

( Editorial: --> 0082 ) PRISTINA, Dec 21 (Hina) - Albanians, who make up 90 per cent of the population in Kosovo, a region in southern Yugoslavia, on Sunday boycotted the presidential election in Serbia for the fourth time in the last three months. According to the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo, the largest party of Kosovo Albanians, Kosovo Albanians are not interested in the Serbian presidential. They think the election is a foreign election to them, the party said, adding Kosovo Albanians were getting ready for their own presidential and parliamentary elections. These elections should, according to some announcements, be held early next year. It is expected Kosovo Albanians leader Ibrahim Rugova should schedule them next week, after consultations with the Coordination Committee of Albanian Political Parties in Kosovo. Even though Albanians did not vote, Serbian authorities point out that 934,443 citizens with the right to vote are registered in Kosovo, that the voting is proceeding well, and that 981 polling stations have been opened in three election units. (hina) ha 211659 MET dec 97