Non-governmental organizations of Kosovo Serbs are under attack from the champions of Self-Determination and the media with accusations that they "take money" from Belgrade or that they are not "real" representatives of the Serbs. "The goal is to drive us out of Kosovo or out of public life," Jovana Radosavljević told Vreme.
Non-governmental organizations from the Serbian community in Kosovo, New Social Initiative, InTER and NGO Aktiv, claim that they are the target of persecution by the official Pristina because they described in Brussels how the Serbian community lives under the rule of Aljbin Kurti.
In recent days, criticism and slander have been directed at them by Deputy Prime Minister Besnik Bisljimi, Deputy Minister for Local Government and Administration Arber Vokri and Kurti's Self-Determination party.
The three organizations issued a statement and stated that they support the dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina, which is conducted under the auspices of the European Union, which was, among other things, the reason for the visit to Brussels.
"During the visit to Brussels, we presented the results of the analysis and the views that we express in public almost every day, regarding the worrisome situation in which the Serbian community in Kosovo finds itself. "Representatives of the European Union and member states are aware of this, as we had the opportunity to hear in Brussels," the announcement states.
Jovana Radosavljević from the New Social Initiative for "Vreme" says that a group of Serbs from Kosovo went to Brussels at the invitation of the rapporteur for Kosovo, Viola von Kramon, who also organized a panel in the European Parliament where they were supposed to talk about the position of Kosovo Serbs.
"There, although uninvited, another delegation appeared, led by the Deputy Minister of Local Self-Government, Mr. Arber Vokri from Self-Determination, accompanied by the Deputy Minister for Communities and Return, Radojica Radomirović, and the Deputy Mayor of North Mitrovica, Katarina Ađačić," our interlocutor points out.
He explains that neither Radomirović nor Ađačić spoke during that event because they did not have a translation provided, but Vokri spoke on their behalf.
Accusations and lies
Radosavljević says that, as a civil society, they have recently been trying to point out the problems and consequences of Pristina's unilateral decisions in the public space, which go beyond the scope of dialogue.
As he says, there is not even a trace of goodwill in the decisions on the abolition of the dinar, the permanent presence of special Kosovo units in the north of Kosovo, the illegal confiscation of land for the construction of police bases.
"Everything led to the fact that they felt the need to sabotage that event in Brussels and make it known that we are not, as Mr. Vokri said, the 'real representatives of the Serbs', but that these are the people who are with him," Radosavljević points out. .
He says that they were later called "Vučić's millionaire propagandists" on Facebook and in the Albanian-language media in Kosovo, people who do not live in Kosovo but in Belgrade, who take money from funds in Kosovo in order to call for violence.
In a statement, the organizations stated that these accusations are heinous lies that should scare them, expose them to lynching and prevent further cooperation with partners from different ethnic communities in Kosovo.
"By targeting representatives of civil society, certain officials in the Government of Kosovo show their aversion to constructive criticism and unwillingness to engage in dialogue," the statement reads.
They also called on Prime Minister Aljbin Kurti to publicly distance himself from the attacks directed at them by Bisljimi and Vokri.
The goal is that the Serbs are not a political factor
Radosavljević adds for "Vreme" that they are not the only targets, but that they are all those who criticize the government in Pristina.
"I think that in this way they want to create circumstances where there is no room for any discussion, criticism in their direction," says our interlocutor. She believes that the idea is for the Serbs to simply leave Kosovo or withdraw from public life and not be a political factor.
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