Albanian reaction to elections “no surprise”

State and Local Self-Administration Minister Milan Marković says he's not surprised by the<a href="http://www.b92.net/eng/news/politics-article.php?yyyy=2010&mm=05&dd=30&nav_id=67465" class="text-link" target= "_blank"> reaction of Kosovo Albanians</a> to the local elections in the north.

Izvor: B92

Monday, 31.05.2010.

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State and Local Self-Administration Minister Milan Markovic says he's not surprised by the reaction of Kosovo Albanians to the local elections in the north. He told B92 on Monday that the international community needs to change its approach for solving Kosovo’s status question, because the current way of solving issues has been shown to be unsuccessful. Albanian reaction to elections “no surprise” Markovic said that he was not surprised by the reaction of the Albanians that protested against the elections in the province's northern municipalities of Kosovska Mitrovica and Novo Brdo, because, he said, violence had been occurring in Kosovo sporadically for the last ten years. He said that Serbia was offering talks and awaiting the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration, “because the current situation is no good”, adding that it is characterized by conflicts, crime, corruption, violation of human rights and many wounds from the past. The minister stressed said that the Sunday elections in Kosovo were not a provocation, because Serbs have the right to organize in order to establish local self-administration, which was only possible through local elections. “Serbs in Kosovo receive democratically elected local governments with the elections and are able to organize elementary matters, starting with communal activities, basic schooling and health care, which are all in the jurisdiction of the self-administration,” Markovic said. He also added that the Serbian government intends to finish the planned downsizing of the state administration soon. Markovic stated that about one-third of municipalities in Serbia were not able of financing themselves, or sustain themselves economically.

Albanian reaction to elections “no surprise”

Marković said that he was not surprised by the reaction of the Albanians that protested against the elections in the province's northern municipalities of Kosovska Mitrovica and Novo Brdo, because, he said, violence had been occurring in Kosovo sporadically for the last ten years.

He said that Serbia was offering talks and awaiting the ICJ opinion on the Kosovo Albanian unilateral declaration, “because the current situation is no good”, adding that it is characterized by conflicts, crime, corruption, violation of human rights and many wounds from the past.

The minister stressed said that the Sunday elections in Kosovo were not a provocation, because Serbs have the right to organize in order to establish local self-administration, which was only possible through local elections.

“Serbs in Kosovo receive democratically elected local governments with the elections and are able to organize elementary matters, starting with communal activities, basic schooling and health care, which are all in the jurisdiction of the self-administration,” Marković said.

He also added that the Serbian government intends to finish the planned downsizing of the state administration soon.

Marković stated that about one-third of municipalities in Serbia were not able of financing themselves, or sustain themselves economically.

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