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Former Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti has been barred from running in the country s parliamentary elections next month.
Kosovo s election authorities excluded Kurti due to his sentencing for a crime in the last three years, which makes him ineligible as a candidate.
The Central Election Commission and the Election Complaints and Appeals Panel has also ruled against other potential candidates from Kurti s Self-Determination Movement, or Vetevendosje! party.
Other parties candidates, who have received recent criminal sentences, have also been barred.
In 2018, Kurti and other lawmakers were sentenced for using tear gas and other violent acts to disrupt Kosovo s parliamentary proceedings.