| Ilić: LDP to blame for post-protest violence |
| 28 February 2008 | 10:18
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BELGRADE --
Velimir Ilić says that the LDP was responsible for organizing violence after last week’s peaceful protest.
The infrastructure minister said that “traitor groups,” including the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), had organized the violence on February 21 in order to overshadow the peaceful and dignified national protest.
Asked whether people who did not share the government’s position were safe in Serbia, Ilić said that “we cannot protect people who are conducting operations, stating that Kosovo is not ours, from getting beaten up by someone who has come from Kosovo,”
Following the LDP’s accusations that the minister was spreading hatred, Ilić said that “the LDP condemns everything that smells like Serbia,” adding that “it is shameful that such a political option even exists.”
“That is a traitor group that would sell this country for a handful of pork scratchings. They have not invested anything in this country, I do not know what their roots and origins are in Serbia, and that is why they do not respect it. However, there are people who love and respect this country and carry it in their hearts, this is our only homeland,” Ilić stressed.
In response to claims that he had supported the violence, he said that the LDP had “organized the violence” when they saw how many people had come to the peaceful meeting.
The minister added that the attacks on journalists had been part of the scenario and that it had all been staged to project hate on those who were defending Serbia’s dignity.
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