
A large number of Serbs, on the orders of the Serbian List (SL) and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, protested on Friday (March 25th) in North Mitrovica and Gracanica over the failure to hold Serb elections in Kosovo scheduled for April 3rd.
Although most of them went to the protests precisely because of the pressure of official Belgrade and the Serbian List itself, the list that represents all Serbs in Kosovo and whose only voice is heard in Serbia. Only a few days ago, that political party threatened to leave the institution of Kosovo in case the Serbian elections in Kosovo are not organized, however, as before, this has not happened.
For all Serbs working in parallel structures, their “work obligation” was to respond to the call of Vucic and SL and to go out to protest so that in Serbia and the world, the image goes that they are too “sorry” for not holding Serbian elections, although this is primarily just a good campaign for the upcoming Serbian presidential elections, so that the President of Serbia himself could secure the votes of Serbs from Kosovo in time.
A large number of Serbs were noticed at protests, they organized and went to the protests together in one column, by car and bus.
In the protests, a large number of Serbs were observed, who organized and went to the protests together in a convoy, with cars and buses.
The vice president of the Serbian List and the mayor of Strpce, Dalibor Jevtic, said in Gracanica that the main message of the protest march was to “stop the institutional violence against Serbs.”
In North Mitrovica, residents from four Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo protested, while in Gracanica, those living in six Serb-majority municipalities south of the Ibar came in an organized manner.
We remind you that the protests were announced by the vice president of the Serbian List, Dalibor Jevtic. On March 22, after a meeting with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, he said that Serbs would hold peaceful protests with a message.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Albin Kurti stated that the protests will not contribute to good relations between Kosovo and Serbia, which is also the goal of the European Union. Kurti said that the Serbian elections in Kosovo were not banned, but that no agreement had been reached on their holding.
He emphasized that the request for holding the Serbian elections should have been sent directly to his Government, and not through the liaison officer.
However, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that Kurti’s decision not to allow Serbs in Kosovo to vote on April 3 was aimed at “humiliating Serbs”, but also at “reducing the number of votes” for him and the electoral list of his Serbian Progressive Party.