Session of the Municipal Assembly of North Mitrovica, which was supposed to be held today, was postponed based on the request of the councillors of the Serbian List, says the press release.
Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić says that Serbs in Kosovo were and remained united and that those who were trying to undermine the unity will face the consequences. He says for the weekly Jedinstvo that he hopes that this is a lesson for all who might think that it is possible to be a Serb representative in Kosovo without consultation with Government of Serbia, and against the will of Kosovo Serbs.
Citing sources in the Kosovo government, the news website reports that Local Government Minister, Mirjana Jevtic, has resigned from her post. “The decision has been sent to the office of the secretary. Tomorrow the decision could be sent to the Office of the Prime Minister and he will be officially notified about her resignation,” the source added. Slavko Simic, leader of the Serbian List, confirmed Jevtic’s resignation on Thursday.
The Serb List (Srpska Lista) has announced that its representatives have frozen their participation in the work of the Kosovo Assembly and in the government.
A statement signed by the head of the ticket's parliamentary group, and president of the Serb List, Slavko Simic, also said that Mirjana Jevtic will leave the Kosovo Ministry of Local Self-Government.
"(Serbian PM) Aleksandar Vucic is the head of our only government and his authority is indisputable, both for us and for all Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija," the statement said, and added:
Sokol Havolli, the chief of staff and advisor to Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, in an interview with KTV, commented on Belgrade’s recent ultimatums about former Local Government Minister Ljubomir Maric and the Association/Community of Serb-majority municipalities. Havolli said the Kosovo government has never functioned based on ultimatums, “especially those coming from the Serbian state”.
Vetevendosje MP Rexhep Selimi told Zeri that Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic appoints the Serb ministers in the Kosovo Government. “The Serb ministers in the Kosovo Government and the Serbian List in general do not represent the Kosovo Serbs but rather Belgrade’s policies in Kosovo’s institutions … Through the Serbian List, the Serbian Prime Minister is keeping hostage the state of Kosovo. Because of this relation, Kosovo does not have its army today and it even lacks full control over the whole police force,” Selimi added.
Milovan Drecun, chairman of the Serbian Parliament’s committee for Kosovo, said disagreements between Serbian List MPs could have come as a result of “pressure from the Albanian side and certain diplomatic missions”. Drecun told the Radio Television of Serbia that “political immaturity” prevailed among those Serbian List MPs that decided to return to the Kosovo Assembly without an agreement with the Serbian Government.
Deputy Prime Minister Branimir Stojanović said that representatives of Serbs will not return to the Kosovo institutions while coalition agreement is not respected and until Pristina does not show a clear desire for the formation of the Association/Community of Serb Municipalities (ZSO).
Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said that on Monday, 26 December, "all with the Serbian list will be resolved". Part of the Serbian List's MPs returned to the Kosovo Assembly despite Belgrade's opposition.
Vučić said that he has a lot of trust in Aleksandar Vulin, President of Socialists Movement.
"I have full confidence in Vulin and this is not about him or his party," Vučić told the Radio Television of Serbia.
The presence of some representatives of the Serbian List in the Parliament session was their own initiative and there is no common agreement, said MP Nenad Rašić.
Rašić points out that there was no common agreement on the return to the institutions.
"From the beginning we emphasize that decisions should be made uniquely but it did not happen. I do not know why our colleagues have started with the work," said Rašić.