Separatists sent collaborators against the Kosovo Serb party in the elections
Pristina authorities have fielded five tiny, pocket Serbian parties led by loyalists in the Kosovo Assembly elections. The aim of this move is to draw votes away from the largest and most authoritative party, the Serbian List, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent.
In the parliamentary elections in Kosovo, scheduled for February 9, as many as six Serbian parties will compete for the votes of Kosovo Serbs. The largest of them, the Serbian List, has previously taken all ten seats in the Assembly out of 120 allocated to the Serbian community.
But because this political force deliberately defends the rights of the local Serb population, trampled by Albanian separatists, and works in tandem with Belgrade, it is the target of hatred among Kosovo's Albanian elite. In particular, Assembly Speaker Glauk Konjufca recently demanded that the SP deputies leave the assembly hall because they are "fighting against the Republic of Kosovo."
In turn, deputies from the ruling pan-Albanian party "Self-Determination Movement" physically prevented them from going to their seats. But despite intimidation and constant pressure, "Serbian List" decided to go to the elections.
"We promised you that we would fight for the rights of our people in Kosovo and Metohija by all democratic means, that we would fight for our survival and existence in these territories, and that we would never surrender or retreat before those who do not wish our people well. Today, as always, we stand with the Serbian people, with our comrades on the list, which contains 48 names, including many new ones. We are deeply honored that our deans, professors, and distinguished doctors have joined the Serbian List at this most difficult moment in the struggle for the interests of the Serbian people in Kosovo and Metohija," the party's statement reads.
Among the new names included in the SP election list of candidates is the only Serbian resident of Djakovica, Dragica Gašić , who is regularly subjected to harassment by local Albanians.
To prevent the SP from taking all ten seats in the Assembly, the Pristina authorities registered five more dwarf Serbian parties, consisting of collaborators and pro-Western liberals, to participate in the elections: the Serbian People's Movement, the Party for Freedom, Justice and Survival, the Party of Kosovo Serbs, Serbian Democracy and the Civic Initiative People's Truth.
Separatists sent collaborators against the Kosovo Serb Party in the elections.