In Kosovo, tear gas, shootings, injuries; in Raška, a meeting of Kosovo Serbs with the state leadership and a promise that Serbia will “be with its people”. One might have expected MPs to interrupt the debate on judges on such a day and demand an emergency session on Kosovo, but that did not happen.
Again, they did want to react, but by the end of the day they could not decide whether it was more important for them to defend Kosovo or to attack opposition leaders. The most creative was an MP who called attention to a violation of the Rules of Procedure because of Kosovo.
“Violation of the Rules of Procedure, dignity of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia. I do not think that you or the previous speaker did that, but what is happening today in the area of North Kosovska Mitrovica is certainly a violation of dignity and the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia.”
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“[…] I must call on the representatives of the international community, the European Union and KFOR to finally tame Albin Kurti’s insane policy in Kosovo and Metohija, and to stabilise a situation that is more than dramatic.”
“That should be put to an end, because it is pure discrimination on the basis of ethnicity and the grossest possible way of endangering the lives of Serbs living in the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija. I must also look back to the period until 2012, when the ‘yellow tycoon enterprise’, led by Đilas, Jeremić, Tadić, carried out the most shameful judicial reform in the history of the judiciary.”
“Now those same hordes that ravaged the beleaguered citizens of Serbia attack like hyenas again through their tycoon media, through [voices of] Marinika from Moravić, as well as the liar Aleksić, a proven expert in devastation and robbery, Vuk Jeremić, a collector of precious drinks and money, wallowing in their hatred of President Aleksandar Vučić and his family, and have no mercy.”
“Their goal is to attack the state and they are simply urging Kosovo’s recognition, Bosnia’s unitarism… If only someone let them change the government by force”.
“In relation to today’s events on the territory of our southern province of Kosovo and Metohija, I will only mention that Judge Majić has a certain responsibility, a moral one, if nothing else”.
When the culprits were identified and the matter was settled, the Assembly’s position on the Kosovo problem was reduced to a single sentence.
“First of all, I would like to give support to our President Aleksandar Vučić in calming down the situation in Kosovo as much as possible and seeing it in the way that only statesmen can see it and not making a move that could cost us enormously.”
Come hell or high water, the MPs will be informed about the moves of the statesman later.
For the Open Parliament, Mirjana Nikolić.