The Serbian President, Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, said on Saturday that the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, considers Serbian List – the largest party of the Serbs in Kosovo – as the biggest enemy, and warned of increased pressure from his country regarding Kosovo.<\/p>\n
“Kurti does not want the participation of the Serbian List [in the elections], it is a divisive factor for him, his biggest enemy is the Serbian List. He is trying to control all the rest of the Serbian community, our people, but there is no control there, that’s why the Serbian List is its enemy”, said Vu\u010di\u0107 at the meeting of the Serbian Government.<\/span><\/p>\n He asked the director of the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, Petar Petkovic, to take measures and inform the world about the situation in Kosovo, and that this issue be among the key priorities of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/span><\/p>\n Vu\u010di\u0107 has warned of many changes with the arrival of the new American administration, but he has not mentioned anything specifically, except that he has said that the Serbian side must be serious and responsible.<\/span><\/p>\n The Serbian president made these statements while the Vetevendosje Movement of the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Kurti, and Serbian List are continuing the legal battle before the February 9 parliamentary elections in Kosovo.<\/span><\/p>\n Although the Electoral Panel for Complaints and Attachments (PZAP) and the Supreme Court of Kosovo rejected the complaints of the LVV for non-certification of the Serbian List for participation in the elections, the ruling party complained again on January 2 to the PZAP.<\/span><\/p>\n LVV declares that the Serbian List does not recognize the citizenship of Kosovo, therefore it should not be certified in the elections.<\/span><\/p>\n The Serbian List, on the other hand, personally accuses Kurti of involvement in the process of certification of political subjects.<\/span><\/p>\n The West expressed concern about the non-certification of the Serbian List in the initial decision of the Central Electoral Commission, while the European Union said on December 31 that the politicization of the certification of the electoral lists would be a setback for Kosovo.<\/span><\/p>\n Serbian List has said that it will participate in the elections after a period of boycotting political processes in Kosovo.<\/span><\/p>\n In 2022, members of this party resigned collectively from the institutions of Kosovo, as a sign of opposition to the decisions of the Kosovo authorities for the extension of authority throughout the territory of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n Experts in political affairs told Radio Europe Free that the non-certification of this party at the first meeting of the CEC is part of the pre-election campaign of the party in power.<\/span><\/p>\n The February 9 parliamentary elections constitute the first regular electoral process in Kosovo, after the declaration of independence in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n A number of early elections have been held so far.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Serbian President, Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, said on Saturday that the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, considers Serbian List – the largest party of the Serbs in Kosovo – as the biggest enemy, and warned of increased pressure from his country regarding Kosovo. “Kurti does not want the participation of the Serbian List [in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":75126,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[163,1803],"tags":[1204,243,151,3266,787],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n