Slavko Simic, leader of the Serbian List, which won ten seats at Kosovo Assembly, said that the Serbian List has achieved its primary goal, by assuring sufficient number of MPs to block political initiatives which would be harmful for Serb population in Kosovo.
Slavko Simic, leader of the Serbian List which today decided to end its six-month boycott of Kosovo institutions, said at the meeting of the Kosovo Assembly presidency that they are ready to vote in favour of the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro. This, said Simic, would be done “for the sake of the citizens so that they don’t remain isolated.”
Slavko Simic, head of the Serbian List parliamentary group, said in his address at the Kosovo Assembly today that Serb MPs will continue to oppose the law on the Trepca mining complex. “The Serbian List will continue to oppose this law because it was done without consultations with Serbs. We were not able to protect our interests. These laws are not good for the Serb community. We are here in the Assembly to protect our interests and only with work and honesty we can overcome the current problems and regain trust,” he said.
President of the Serbian List Slavko Simić says that conditions are not yet matured enough for the return of the MPs and ministers to the Kosovo institutions, although there is a will and that they are waiting the creation of normal conditions to do so.
Simić said this for Radio Free Europe (RFE), adding that the Kosovo Assembly and the government have no sufficient legitimacy, if representatives of the Serbian community do not participate.
President of the Serbian List Slavko Simić met with the new Ambassador of France in Kosovo Didier Chambert, whom he informed about the current political and security problems in Kosovo.
The laws on Trepča and strategic investments violate many articles of the Kosovo constitution and therefore one should expect the court to show impartiality and to repeal the laws, says the head of the parliamentary group of the Serbian List Slavko Simić.
Kosovo Government officials insist that there will be no delays in resubmitting the border demarcation agreement with Montenegro to the Assembly. The ratification process will also require the votes of the MPs from the Serbian List which is at present boycotting Kosovo institutions. The bill requires at least 80 votes in favour to be passed and the ruling coalition faces the prospect of having 11 votes less from the members of the Serbian List. This means that the ruling coalition currently can only muster 73 votes in favour.
The leader of the Serbian List, Slavko Simic, told media today in Pristina that the adoption of the Trepca Law by Kosovo Assembly has violated the rights of Serbs living in Kosovo. According to him, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci cannot sign this law as long as the Constitutional Court does not issue a decision on the matter. The issue of Trepca, Simic said, requires a broad consensus. Simic, accompanied by other members of the Serbian List, today addressed the Constitutional Court of Kosovo regarding the Trepca Law.
Media in Pristina today are reporting on a statement of advisor of Prime Minister of Kosovo Bajram Gecaj, who claims that government has invited to talks the parliamentary group of the Serbian List. From the Serbian List, deny that they received an invitation.
The head of the parliamentary group of the Serbian List Slavko Simić points that the Kosovo Assembly adopted another law, that is detrimental to the interests of the Serbian nation and Serbian property in Kosovo.
Simić told Tanjug that a law on strategic investments was adopted, which, he explained, fully enables the Kosovo Government to freely dispose of property that had previously identified as the ownership of the state or the society.