K. Serbs to stage "warning protest"

Kosovo Serbs will organize a warning protest against UNMIK in Zubin Potok on Monday.

Izvor: Tanjug

Saturday, 23.08.2008.

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Kosovo Serbs will organize a warning protest against UNMIK in Zubin Potok on Monday. The decision to stage the demonstration came after announcements that video monitoring equipment will be installed at the administrative crossing point of Brnjak in northern Kosovo. K. Serbs to stage "warning protest" Vice President of the Assembly of Communities of Municipalities of Kosovo and Metohija Marko Jaksic said in Kosovska Mitrovica on Friday that citizens' protests would be organized in the event of the return of customs officials to northern Kosovo along the administrative line with Serbia. "We have been promised by opposition leaders in Serbia that large rallies will be organized at both crossings in the event of the return of customs to the Brnjak and Jarinje crossings. We expect 50,000-100,000 people who will remain there for days," Jaksic said. Both posts were attacked and set on fire by local Serbs in February, after they learned that ethnic Albanian customs officials were sent there. President the Serb National Council of Northern Kosovo Milan Ivanovic addressed the same press conference to say that he expects the support not only of representatives of opposition parties, but also of those Serbs who have been driven out of Kosovo, "should the need for rallies arise". The Municipality of Zubin Potok is the organizer of the rally scheduled for Monday. The Kosovo Police Service (KPS) has begun the installing of police cameras at the administrative crossing of Brnjak near Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo. Cameras will also be placed at the administrative crossing Jarinje near Leposavic, a KPS spokesperson announced. Also yesterday, Jaksic and Ivanovic urged Kosovo Serbs to leave their jobs in Kosovo institutions. Jaksic said that he expected Belgrade authorities to also call on the Serbs to abandon their offices. "Serbia must pay the salaries of Serb officers in the Kosovo Police Service and employees in the judiciary and other Kosovo institutions," he said.

K. Serbs to stage "warning protest"

Vice President of the Assembly of Communities of Municipalities of Kosovo and Metohija Marko Jakšić said in Kosovska Mitrovica on Friday that citizens' protests would be organized in the event of the return of customs officials to northern Kosovo along the administrative line with Serbia.

"We have been promised by opposition leaders in Serbia that large rallies will be organized at both crossings in the event of the return of customs to the Brnjak and Jarinje crossings. We expect 50,000-100,000 people who will remain there for days," Jakšić said.

Both posts were attacked and set on fire by local Serbs in February, after they learned that ethnic Albanian customs officials were sent there.

President the Serb National Council of Northern Kosovo Milan Ivanović addressed the same press conference to say that he expects the support not only of representatives of opposition parties, but also of those Serbs who have been driven out of Kosovo, "should the need for rallies arise".

The Municipality of Zubin Potok is the organizer of the rally scheduled for Monday.

The Kosovo Police Service (KPS) has begun the installing of police cameras at the administrative crossing of Brnjak near Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo.

Cameras will also be placed at the administrative crossing Jarinje near Leposavić, a KPS spokesperson announced.

Also yesterday, Jakšić and Ivanović urged Kosovo Serbs to leave their jobs in Kosovo institutions.

Jakšić said that he expected Belgrade authorities to also call on the Serbs to abandon their offices.

"Serbia must pay the salaries of Serb officers in the Kosovo Police Service and employees in the judiciary and other Kosovo institutions," he said.

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