Serb deputies continue to boycott Kosovo assembly

Source: Beta

PRISTINA -- Head of the Serbian List group in the Kosovo assembly Sasa Milosavljevic has said that 9 deputies from this list will not show up for today's sitting.

(Beta/AP, file)

"We are still waiting for our coalition partners (the Democratic Party of Kosovo and the Democratic League of Kosovo) to fulfill their coalition obligations. These obligations have not yet been fulfilled," said Milosavljevic.
He, however, voiced his "personal stance" that Serb List deputies should return to the assembly in Pristina, "because that is the only way they can participate in solving those problems that are important to the Serb community."

Milosavljevic said that Serb deputies can live up to the promises they made during the campaign "only in that way," the Beta agency is reporting on Friday.

The Kosovo assembly is meeting today to discuss the establishment of a special court for KLA crimes, with Prime Minister Isa Mustafa expected to address the sitting.

The Serb List left the Kosovo government and other institutions after the sacking of Aleksandar Jablanovic from Mustafa's cabinet. This was done because Jablanovic described those Albanians who attacked Serb returnees in Djakovica with rocks on Orthodox Christmas Eve as "savages."

Additionally, the Serb List wants to stop privatizations in Serb areas, and is demanding that two new municipalities be set up in Kosovo.