The head of the parliamentary group of the Serbian List Slavko Simić told RTK2 that at the next parliamentary session he will request an apology for the hate speech that could be heard in the wiretapping scandal.
The wiretapped conversations of the former head of the parliamentary group of the Democratic Party of Kosovo Adem Grabovci provoked a strong reaction on the Kosovo political scene.
The talks have stumbled upon conviction of a wider public since they reveal how Grabovci rigged job vacancies in public and state institutions.
Adem Grabovci has subsequently resigned as the head of the parliamentary group, but he is still an MP.
However, the derogatory terms for Roma and Serbs, which can be heard in the talks, did not cause a reaction of the competent institutions or the Kosovo public.
“Certainly that we will seek an apology, at some of the following sessions, from Adem Grabovci, because at the last session Speaker Kadri Veseli apologized to the Roma community only,” said Slavko Simić, President of the Serbian List.
The Executive Director of the Center for Peace and Tolerance, Nenad Maksimović, considers that Albanians should react and not only Serbs.
“It’s not a matter that Serbs react to this kind of provocation and such a hate speech, but it is primarily important that the Kosovo Albanians themselves indicate to such behaviour among their ranks and that organizations engaged in promoting human rights react to such cases.”
According to the opinion of the writer Živojin Rakočević, the Serbian community is facing linguistic discrimination on daily basis in Kosovo.
“Linguistic discrimination is the culmination of humiliation, discrimination and it is almost natural. It is horrible when you do not notice that others are discriminated against. The fact that there was an apology for Roma, but not for the Serbs, means that it become a widely accepted norm, and this is something what we should be afraid of,” says Rakočević and adds that we must not remain silent against such human rights violations.
