Milovic: Only united Serbs in Kosovo can preserve national interests, SL vote ensures connection with the homeland

Vice President of the Serb List, Dragisa Milovic, emphasized that only by being united and cohesive can Serbs preserve national interests and secure the future for their children in Kosovo. He stressed the importance of demonstrating this unity at the polls on February 9th, as there is a legitimate suspicion that authorities in Pristina will attempt to diminish the party's results.

Milovic told RTS that yesterday's pre-election rally in Leksh was dignified, opened with the anthem "Boze pravde" and guests from Belgrade.

"The cultural center was too small to accommodate everyone interested. Hundreds remained in the hall. Among us were guests from Belgrade, like the celebrated basketball player Dejan Tomasevic, who spoke at the rally and supported the Serb List," Milovic stated.

He reminded that the Serb List started its campaign in Ranilug, then continued in Strpce, Osojane, and Gorazdevac, and yesterday began campaigning in the north of Kosovo.

"The main message is that we must preserve the unity of the Serbian people, as only united can we preserve national interests and ensure the future of our children. The resolve of our people, despite torture, arrests, and police occupations, to remain living on their ancestral hearths is clear. We saw this with young married couples who received houses from the municipality of Leposavic, built by our mother country, Serbia. This connection with the mother country must not be severed but needs to be further strengthened," emphasized Milovic.

He recalled that Serbia pays about 28,000 pensions to recipients in Kosovo, provides 32,000 salaries, and will soon distribute 20,000 dinars in social aid.

"Almost every Serb living in Kosovo and Metohija will receive assistance from the mother country," Milovic underscored.

He urged the Serbian people to turn out in greater numbers than ever for the elections on February 9th and to vote for the Serb List to win all 10 seats reserved for Serbs.

According to him, these elections are among the dirtiest, and he added that the campaign by officials from Pristina and some Serbian "satellite parties" is based on slandering the Serb List and its leaders, as well as the state of Serbia.

"Kurti offers nothing but speeches of hate, division, and fear to his voters. There are no new jobs, no new factories; the young are leaving for Western Europe, but he seems uninterested. His main occupation is the north, and as he says, he has put the north under control," Milovic highlighted.

He expects further pressures on the Serb List and expressed confidence that they will withstand all attacks.

He emphasized that the candidates of the Serb List are respected doctors, professors, deans, former judges, all accomplished in their professions, who will not "sell their faith for supper," nor will they betray national interests for personal gain.

He also mentioned that Dragica Gasic, the only Serbian woman in Djakovica, is on the list of Serb List candidates.

Asked why it is crucial for the Serb List to win all 10 mandates, he said that one can see what happens when a Serb is in Albin Kurti's government, how they work, and whether it benefits the Serbs or Kurti's interests.

"Remember that Rasic, as a minister, voted for the illegal expropriation of land in Leposavic and Zubin Potok. Property was illegally seized not to create a playground or new jobs but for police forces. He was not against it when the government decided to establish a Museum of Genocide, which aims to accuse the Serbian people of an alleged genocide against the Albanians," Milovic explained.

He stressed that it is essential for the Serb List to win all ten mandates as it is the first step to reclaim four municipalities in the north where Albanians are illegitimately mayors a few months after the elections.

"This will be the first step towards liberating the north from those people who harm the Serbian people," he emphasized.

Milovic stressed that the dispersion of the already small number of Serbian votes only benefits Kurti.

He mentioned that the authorities in Pristina have done everything to prevent the Serb List from participating in the elections, attempting to declare it a terrorist organization, but they failed because the Serb List was persistent and appealed.

However, he also pointed out problems, such as the fact that in purely Serbian communities, the majority on electoral boards will be Albanians.

"There is a legitimate suspicion that there will be attempts to diminish the results of the Serb List at the elections. We will do everything to prevent this. I call on the international community, which has its observers, to strive to ensure the elections are somewhat democratic and fair in this difficult atmosphere," Milovic said.

The elections, he emphasizes, are a good opportunity to tell Serbian satellite parties what the Serbs think of them.

"I believe that the Serb List will receive unequivocal support from the citizens because only official Belgrade stands behind it," Milovic concluded.