Priština "trying to discourage Serbs from voting"

Priština "trying to discourage Serbs from voting"

BELGRADE -- Milovan Drecun believes that authorities in Priština are" interpreting the election law in Kosovo in a way that is unacceptable."

The MP from the ruling SNS party and chair of the Committee on Kosovo and Metohija thinks this is happening "in order to discourage the Kosovo Serbs from voting in the election on June 8."

"Priština's bad intention is clear, as well as its attempt to influence the situation that will come about after the next parliament is formed, in which the Serbs have only ten guaranteed seats," he told TV Pink.

Should the Serbs get more seats, it will not be possible to impose decisions that go against the Serbs' interest, as in the case of the attempt to change Kosovo's Constitution and create the Kosovo army, Drecun stated.

Although the battle for the time after parliament is formed is fought now, it all hangs on the Serbs voting in the election in great numbers, he noted.

"Besides that, we have a very difficult situation in the north and we will definitely have issues with motivating the Serbs to vote, and we also have a problem with registering those listed as displaced of driven out of Kosovo," he remarked.

This election is extremely important because the Serbs elected to sit in the Kosovo parliament will be tasked with advocating the interest of the Serbian people, that is with creating the legal conditions needed for a safer life and good economic future, he said.

"On the other hand, they will have to make sure the association of Serb municipalities is established, gets the place the Serbian side fought for during the Brussels talks and becomes an integral part of the political and social...