The elected representatives in each jurisdiction were responsible for choosing an assembly president, who held the rank of mayor.
"[2] A Council of Europe report indicated that Serb non-participation was the "main drawback of the elections," blaming the situation in part on "pressure brought to bear by Belgrade."
The fall of Slobodan Milošević's government, which took place in the middle of the campaign, was described as occurring too late to effect any change in this situation.
Krasniqi was required to resign for health reasons in later in the year and was replaced by Muharrem Shabani, also of the Democratic League of Kosovo.
UNMIK leader Bernard Kouchner appointed Božidar Krstić to the municipal assembly as a representative of Peja's Serb community.
[31] Notwithstanding this, UNMIK was able to establish functional local assemblies in Leposavić, Zubin Potok, and Zvečan, which in turn selected new mayors in their communities.
[32] Nenad Radosavljević, who had previously led the Serbian National Council in Leposavić, became mayor in that community.
[35] In Zubin Potok, Slaviša Ristić of the Democratic Party of Serbia was selected by the local assembly as mayor.