Kosovo Serbs should participate in the elections gathered around Srpska Lista, Serbian President, Aleksandar Vucic reiterated once again on Sunday morning, KoSSev portal reports.
The portal added that according to the President Vucic some foreign representatives, who are “posing as our greatest friends“ are “offering the money in taverns and offices“, to those who are running against Srpska Lista.
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric told RTS this morning that the latest incident in Mitrovica North in which an underage boy was injured indicates that the brutal attacks against the Serbs continue. He also warned that the violence against the Serbs must be immediately and the most severely sanctioned.
The stabbing of a young boy in Mitrovica North is beyond doubts an inter-ethnic incident and those responsible for this cowardly attack should be urgently brought before the justice, Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djurc said, BETA news agency reports.
This is yet another in a series of attacks against Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija, aiming to intimidate them, and we are also convinced it is about politically inspired event, Office for Kosovo and Metohija said in a statement.
Srpska Lista Chair Goran Rakic has reacted to the stabbing of a young Serb boy in Mitrovica North, Kosovo-online portal reports.
“Cowardly assault on underage Serbian boy D.B. by a group of Albanian hooligans who came to the northern part of Mitrovica from the southern part of the city is absolutely unacceptable, illegal and shameful,” Mitrovica North Mayor Goran Rakic has said last night.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Sunday that Kosovo election campaign would not be easy for Srpska Lista, adding he still expects the leading Serbian party to win – if they decide to participate in the upcoming Kosovo parliamentary elections, KoSSev portal reports.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said Srpska Lista (SL) should take part in the upcoming elections in Kosovo on October 6th, although they will have “powerful opponents in both the Albanian and part of the Serbian media“, KoSSev portal reports.
Vucic added that he is currently waiting to “receive a report from the Office for Kosovo and Metohija and then to hear what Srpska Lista has to say“. Nevertheless, the President Vucic believes that Srpska Lista should participate in this election.
RTK reported on Wednesday that some Serb political representatives south of the Ibar River have established a new pre-election coalition ahead of early parliamentary elections in Kosovo, scheduled to take place on October 6.
Meanwhile, Rada Trajkovic confirmed to Radio Kosovo 2 program in Serbian, that a new coalition had been established between her, Nenad Rasic (PDS), Dragisa Miric (NPK), Slavisa Petkovic and Branislav Markovic.
Srpska Lista (SL) has reacted to the new coalition established by Serbs in Kosovo, TV Most reports. In a press statement Srpska Lista argued that as they said it “rent-a-Rada, Nenad Rasic, Dragisa Miric, Slavisa Petkovic and Branislav Markovic publicly marked the beginning of a joint anti-Serbian action in the campaign for parliamentary elections, and as the only goal they put forth before the electorate is the hatred against Serbian unity and fight against the Srpska Lista and the President Aleksandar Vucic”.
Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric said on Thursday Srpska Lista would make all decisions related to Kosovo elections in the consultations with the President Aleksandar Vucic and urged Serbs to be ready to take part and be united, BETA news agency reports.
He added that Srpska Lista was Serbia's “immensely important instrument” in exercising national interests in Kosovo.
Radio Free Europe writes that the Serbian community would have a possibility to choose who to vote for in the upcoming elections in Kosovo, given that no Serbian political party responded to a call of Srpska Lista for united participation.
Talks between political opponents of Srpska Lista are underway RFE continues, while on the other hand Srpska Lista called “for unity and that all united under a single hat, following the politics of Aleksandar Vucic take part in elections.”