North Mitrovica: Several dozen garages owned by Serbs were demolished

U North Mitrovica several dozen were demolished early this morning garage in the immediate vicinity of the prison, in the area where the detention center and the school are located, reports the Kossev portal.

These are buildings that were built by natural persons during the previous decades on land that the Trepca company claims is its own, with previous calls for their removal.

According to the Municipality of North Mitrovica, the demolition began at 7:30 a.m., although it was announced for 10:00 a.m.

"The municipality of North Mitrovica informs the public that it was informed of the intention to begin the demolition of the garage today at 10 a.m., only through the appeal of concerned citizens... Given that the demolition started at 7:30 this morning, and not at 10 a.m. as announced, it is obvious that the intention of the police was to do it fraudulently," the statement reads.

The municipality claims that they were neither informed nor consulted about the demolition, which they assess as a lack of institutional cooperation and coordination. It is added that, upon receiving the information, they went to the field and then informed the relevant international partners.

 

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"Such activities carried out by the police, without the involvement of local self-government, represent an additional violation of the principles of transparency and legality," it is stated.

The municipality also points out that the police in this case is acting as an executive authority, although, as they claim, this is not within its jurisdiction.

In the end, it is stated that the municipality previously called on the competent institutions to refrain from unilateral moves and that all disputed issues be resolved through dialogue, with a call to the international community to react urgently and prevent, as stated, "the establishment of a precedent that arbitrarily takes away the basic powers of the municipality".

Source: KoSSev

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