Lacmanovic: Our attitude towards Kosovo is reflected in our parties

How we treat Kosovo is reflected in our parties, or the way our parties are, that's how it is in Kosovo, Predrag Lacmanovic from the Faktor Plus Agency assesses for Kosovo Online, commenting on the fact that there are very few candidates from Kosovo on the electoral lists for the parliamentary elections in Serbia.

Lacmanovic emphasizes that political currents willing to compromise and those who believe that Kosovo is lost, "just don't say it so clearly, but allude to it", think that it is a much better and easier path and that the battle is already lost.

"However, they lose political points by doing so. This cannot win the sympathy of the majority of citizens, and therefore, such parties do not have much perspective. Now we have a somewhat united opposition that is a mixture of parties and leaders who are not in favor of recognizing Kosovo, nor of the concessions sought by the European Union regarding the Franco-German plan, while in the same group, you have parties that are willing to go that way. Voters are somewhat confused in this regard; I don't know how they will view all of this and how it will affect the ratings of these parties. Simply, confusing messages later reflect on the election results", Lacmanovic says.

Speaking about the various attempts of parties to get closer to voters from Kosovo during the election campaign, when it comes to parties like Oathkeepers Party and Dveri, our interlocutor reminds us that these are right-oriented parties, and it is neither strange nor inappropriate for their representatives to focus more on the Kosovo issue.

"However, Cuta or representatives of that bloc, we don't often have the opportunity to see them in that context, but I assume they are listening to public opinion and thus adjusting their actions in the campaign. I don't know how many votes it will bring them, but I also don't believe it will harm them. It's even desirable - for them to go and see, maybe they are not aware of the real situation. Maybe when they go among the people, talk, I believe they will learn something, and maybe they will change their stance or pay more attention to that issue", Lacmanovic notes.

He warns that how we relate to Kosovo also affects the kind of parties we will have.

"This is a layman's approach. Someone establishes a party, has their own ideas, tries to win as many votes as possible, to occupy certain positions in the state, and uses Kosovo as a very important element in every campaign, but just as many things in our country are done carelessly, a reflection of both the government and the parties, it is a reflection of our people. So how we relate to Kosovo, that's what kind of parties we have, or what kind of parties we have, that's how it is in Kosovo", Lacmanovic concludes.