Serbs in north call for boycott of Pristina

The temporary administration of the Kosovska Mitrovica municipality has called on a boycott of the Kosovo Albanian government's institutions.

(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, February 02, 2010

In a news conference, the administration's representatives also condemned the plan drafted by Pristina and the International Civil Office (ICO) Chief Pieter Feith for the integration of northern Kosovo into the Kosovo system outside the rules set by UN Resolution 1244, in an effort to close all of Serbia's institutions in the north.

Local officials of the self-administration and education system were called on not to accept wages from Pristina and to boycott all the institutions of the Kosovo government.

Citizens were warned not to take Kosovo personal documents, because they would in this way be recognizing the unilateral independence proclamation.

According to the statement, any possible calling of elections organized by the unrecognized Kosovo institutions would go against the Constitution and Resolution 1244.

The temporary northern municipal administration also called on all politicians and Serb and non-Albanian citizens to boycott the Kosovo government.