"Vučić is welcome - but Serbs won't change their position"

Aleksandar Vučić is welcome to the north of Kosovo, but there is no chance the view of the Serbs on the Brussels deal will become closer to the government's.

Izvor: Beta

Friday, 03.05.2013.

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BELGRADE Aleksandar Vucic is welcome to the north of Kosovo, but there is no chance the view of the Serbs on the Brussels deal will become closer to the government's. This is according to Zubin Potok Mayor Slavisa Ristic, who spoke for the Belgrade-based daily Politika. "Vucic is welcome - but Serbs won't change their position" "The agreement that would drive the Serbs under the constitutional system and laws of Pristina is unacceptable for any Serb in Kosovo and Metohija. Our main struggle is to remain in the system of Serbia which is, after all, guaranteed to us by the Constitution of the republic," said the mayor. Speaking about the upcoming visit planned by First Deputy PM Aleksandar Vucic, who will be in Kosovo between May 7 and 12, Ristic said that he could only "tell the people, face to face, his views of what the Serbs have been rejecting for 14 years." Ristic added that the meeting in Belgrade earlier this week with top state officials was held in a relaxed "and at times pleasant atmosphere," and that it was for this reason that he was surprised by subsequent statements made by Prime Minister Ivica Dacic, about the possibility of abolishing the "parallel institutions" and introducing sanctions against disobedient leaders, such as abolishing their salaries. "I'm surprised by Dacic's statements, who has been persistently appearing in the media, because he did not mention that during the meeting. Salaries may be terminated by the employer if the employee violates the law. As for the 'disobedient' mayors, sanctions are possible, because the government can implement these instruments. But that does not mean that people will change their decision, regardless of the repressive measures of the government - as there has been talk that the municipalities, too, could be abolished," he said. The mayor also noted that that the referendum on the Kosovo deal reached last month in Brussels could take place but not in the way envisioned by the government, and only after the Constitutional Court rules on the deal. "First, the (referendum) question was not worded well, and second, 15 days is too short to make people understand what the initial (on the agreement) of April 19 really brings," Ristic concluded. (Beta, file) Beta Politika

"Vučić is welcome - but Serbs won't change their position"

"The agreement that would drive the Serbs under the constitutional system and laws of Priština is unacceptable for any Serb in Kosovo and Metohija. Our main struggle is to remain in the system of Serbia which is, after all, guaranteed to us by the Constitution of the republic," said the mayor.

Speaking about the upcoming visit planned by First Deputy PM Aleksandar Vučić, who will be in Kosovo between May 7 and 12, Ristić said that he could only "tell the people, face to face, his views of what the Serbs have been rejecting for 14 years."

Ristić added that the meeting in Belgrade earlier this week with top state officials was held in a relaxed "and at times pleasant atmosphere," and that it was for this reason that he was surprised by subsequent statements made by Prime Minister Ivica Dačić, about the possibility of abolishing the "parallel institutions" and introducing sanctions against disobedient leaders, such as abolishing their salaries.

"I'm surprised by Dačić's statements, who has been persistently appearing in the media, because he did not mention that during the meeting. Salaries may be terminated by the employer if the employee violates the law. As for the 'disobedient' mayors, sanctions are possible, because the government can implement these instruments. But that does not mean that people will change their decision, regardless of the repressive measures of the government - as there has been talk that the municipalities, too, could be abolished," he said.

The mayor also noted that that the referendum on the Kosovo deal reached last month in Brussels could take place but not in the way envisioned by the government, and only after the Constitutional Court rules on the deal.

"First, the (referendum) question was not worded well, and second, 15 days is too short to make people understand what the initial (on the agreement) of April 19 really brings," Ristić concluded.

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