North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakic says that media reports on the blockade of funds for northern Kosovo by the responsible ministry in Pristina suggests that someone believes that by demonstrating force one can exert political pressure on Serbs, reports Kontakt plus radio.
- Of course it will not pass, and it is not a recipe for solving political problems, Rakic said.
Daily based in Belgrade Vecernje Novosti today writes, in a article entitled "The Pristina Plan: They push defeated ones at the helm of Partes," that if the Constitutional Court of Kosovo is guided by political rather than legal arguments and it supports the Appeal Panel's request for the repetition of the vote in the municipality of Partes, it is possible that the protest will be radicalized.
President of the Serb List Goran Rakic in an interview for the Belgrade based daily Politika rejected speculations and reiterated the unique position of that party, that it would not support the formation of the Kosovo army, and said that there are no further negotiations on the Community/Association of Serb Municipalities (ZSO), and that he expects its formation.
On the occasion of the decision of the Pristina institutions to repeat the local elections in the municipality of Partes, a one-hour strike of warning was held in local self-government bodies with a Serb majority.
"Attempt of Pristina to redraw citizens' will cannot pass. This protest is only a warning that we will not allow the redrawing of the citizens' election will," said leader of the Serbian List Goran Rakic in a statement for Radio Television of Serbia (RTS).
“Creation of the Association of Serb Municipalities is a life necessity that can resolve numerous issues in everyday life of citizens and functionality,” Kosovo Deputy Prime Minister, Dalibor Jevtic and President of the Srpska Lista, Goran Rakic said during the talks with the USA official Hoyt Yee, KIM Radio reported.
“We are concerned over fact that 1650 days since the agreement was signed in Brussels, no concrete steps were taken in that direction” their press statement reads.
“With its convincing victory, Srpska Lista once again showed it enjoys the trust of almost all Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija,” a mayor of Mitrovica North and President of Srpska Lista, Goran Rakic said to KIM Radio.
Rakic also thanked all citizens who voted for the Srpska Lista mayoral and municipal assemblies’ candidates.
“This success is a success of the Serb people. These votes once again confirmed that Serbs trust to their state Serbia and their President, Aleksandar Vucic”.
President of the Srpska Lista, Goran Rakic announced on Friday that this political group will be united in the October 22, local elections in Kosovo.
This, Rakic said, was the only request of Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic during his meeting with representatives of Serbs from Kosovo in Belgrade earlier in the day, attended also by Director of the Serbian Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Djuric.
Rakic said that Vucic gave his "unreserved" support to the Srpska Lista candidates for mayors and councilors.
Representatives of the Dveri Movement, Otadzbina (Fatherland) Movement and Genuine Serbia party, gathered in Mitrovica North on Monday, to present the “declaration on the defense of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo”. During the presentation, they were attacked by unknown people with stones and torches, leader of the Genuine Serbia, Milan Stamatovic told Serbian media.
The declaration reads that” “Kosovo and Metohija is an inalienable part of the Republic of Serbia, currently occupied, and it is necessary, without postponement, to inform the international public about it (….)
The head of the administration of the municipality of Mitrovica Adrijana Hodžić says that citizens should come out to the upcoming local elections in a large numbers and support those who have successfully managed this city for four years.
Hodžić says, in a statement delivered to Kontakt plus radio, that the elections are a holiday of democracy, and on October 22 to choose the best who will lead North Mitrovica.
President of the Serbian List Goran Rakić and Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Marko Đurić will meet in Moscow a high delegation of the ruling Russian Party "United Russia", reports KIM radio. One of the topics of the discussion will be and the upcoming local elections in Kosovo.