Srpska Lista (SL) has issued a statement on Tuesday related to elections in the north and Serbian opposition Alliance for Serbia (SzS) and “1 out of 5 million” Movement, TV Most reports.
SL said the SzS and the Movement supported “Thaci’s and Veseli’s candidate Gonxhe Çaushi against the Serb candidate in the elections for the mayor of Mitrovica North.”
A deputy leader of the opposition Party of Freedom and Justice (SSP) said late on Sunday that organisation would soon present a declaration on the reconciliation between the Serbs and Albanians which, according to SSP, both Pristina and Belgrade parliaments should adopt.
Marinika Tepic told Nova S television the declaration would be the beginning of the reconciliation process between the two nations.
The third “One in Five Million” protest walk is scheduled to take place in Gracanica, on Saturday 16 March, Radio KIM reports. As it was announced the protest walk would start at the main square and end at Milos Obilic Monument.
An organizer of the protest Branislav Markovic called upon Gracanica inhabitants, but also Serbs from other areas to attend the gathering.
The National Movement of Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija Fatherland said yesterday that they allegedly received threats to give up on the “One in Five Million” protest planned to be held today in Mitrovica North, KoSSev portal reports.
KoSSev portal reported today that Serb National Movement Fatherland as a member of Alliance for Serbia (SzS) invited citizens to attend the protest walk “One in Five Million” on Thursday, March 7, starting at 18.00 in Mitrovica North.
According to KoSSev, this will be the first time that this movement is organizing “One in Five Million” protest walk and third such gathering in Mitrovica North. Fatherland Movement said they are against the “division and surrender of the southern Serbian province”.
Second “One in Five Million” protest took place in Mitrovica on Saturday and ended without major incidents, KoSSev portal reports.
The main request of participants in the protest was to shed the light on the murder of Oliver Ivanovic, but they also voiced stances against unification of Mitrovica, Pristina’s tariffs as well as a request to release Zoran Djokic, arrested at Jarinje crossing point, almost a month ago.
Protest participants were verbally insulted by group of young men who uttered various insults.
Protest “One in Five Million” was held on Friday in Gracanica, gathering around 15 people, BETA news agency reported.
Gracanica resident Tamara Zelenovic addressed journalists saying she did not come to the protest to bring down Serbia, but local authorities, KoSSev portal reported.
Organizer of the protest, Branislav Markovic said the protest “represents a rebellion against one party privatization of the state and its institutions, against censorship of the free mind, for the freedom of speech, electoral right and freedom of movement.”
Opposition Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and other initiators of an Appeal for Defense of Kosovo and Metohija called on citizens to gather in Belgrade on Monday, 18 February and show they oppose “high-treason” and attempts of the current authorities “to delineate Serbia with itself,” Danas daily reported.
As DSS announced the gathering would take place in the center of Belgrade, in front of the National Assembly, from where the citizens would walk to the Presidency building, where speeches would be held.
KoSSev portal reports that two protests “One in Five Million” would take place in Kosovo and Metohija. The protest in Gracanica takes place this evening at 18:00, while in Mitrovica North it would take place tomorrow, starting at the same time.
Protestors in Gracanica have two main questions – What is a delineation? And what is the compromise?
Organizers of Mitrovica North protest said the gathering would start at Tsar Lazar monument, and then to proceed to Sutjeska Street where Oliver Ivanovic was murdered and then back to the Tsar Lazar monument, KoSSev portal reported.
The Serbian opposition Peoples’ Party said on Friday that a Kosovo Serb mayor had threatened to fire one of its officials for speaking at a protest “One in Five Million” in Mitrovica North on February 2.
The statement said that (Serbian-run) Vucitrn municipality president Aca Misic threatened to fire Peoples’ Party official Aleksandar Stojanovic, ordering him to give a written statement about what he termed as “attacks on the Serbian president and the mention of fascism”.