Workers of Serbian institutions in Kosovo protest
Workers of Serbian institutions in Kosovo held a half-hour protest on Tuesday, sending a message that they want to remain part of the institutions of the Republic of Serbia in the province.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Protesters exited their workplaces at noon to show support to the Serbian negotiating team in Brussels in saving Serbian institutions in Kosovo.
They held Serbian flags and signs which read "Institutions of Serbia, not Kosovo," "Hospital of Serbia, not Kosovo," and "We won't hand over Serbian institutions," among others.
In northern Kosovska Mitrovica, workers at the hospital, the University, municipal administration, judiciary and others all supported the protest. The situation was similar in other towns in the north.
Milan Jakovljevic, director of the hospital in Kosovska Mitrovica, said the workers were united and determined to remain part of Serbian institutions, and not the institutions of some Serb community in Kosovo.
He noted that Serbian institutions are not parallel but the only legitimate ones in this area, and that the Serbs want them to keep functioning as they have been.
The protesters supported the demand of representatives of local self-governments in northern Kosovo that the Constitutional Court of Serbia rule in the near future whether the agreements Belgrade and Pristina have reached to date are in accordance with the Constitution, and if not, have them annulled.
