Serbs in north call for boycott of Priština

1 February 2010 | 16:48 | Source: Beta

MITROVICA -- The temporary administration of the Kosovska Mitrovica municipality has called on a boycott of the Kosovo Albanian government’s institutions. In a news conference held today, the administration’s representatives also condemned the plan drafted by Priština and the International Civil Office (ICO) Chief Pieter Feith for the integration of northern Kosovo into the Kosovo system outside the rules set by UN Resolution 1244, in an effort to close all of Serbia’s institutions in the north. Local officials of the self-administration and education system were called on not to accept wages from Priština and to boycott all the institutions of the Kosovo government. Citizens were warned not to take Kosovo personal documents, because they would in this way be recognizing the unilateral independence proclamation. According to the statement, any possible calling of elections organized by the unrecognized Kosovo institutions would go against the Constitution and Resolution 1244. The temporary northern municipal administration also called on all politicians and Serb and non-Albanian citizens to boycott the Kosovo government. The Serbian institutions were urged to fight a more determined fight and fully support the preservation and strengthening of the Serbian institutions, as well as to form a “clear, unequivocal stance towards those that violate the Constitution of the Republic of Serbia.”