Odalovic: Kurti operates best in an institutional vacuum, aims to expel as many Serbs as possible

The President of Serbia’s Government Commission on Missing Persons, Veljko Odalovic, stated today that Kosovo’s acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti "operates best" in a vacuum — without functioning institutions in Kosovo — while major powers are preoccupied with their own affairs. According to Odalovic, Kurti is using this moment to pursue his ultimate objective: to expel as many Serbs as possible, take over all institutions, establish full control in the north, and build police stations.

Speaking to TV Pink, Odalovic said that Kurti is carrying out, in a brutal manner, what Croatia once set out to do regarding the Serbs — a goal it achieved through operations "Storm" (Oluja) and "Flash" (Bljesak).

“What’s happening in Kosovo is an even more brutal form of terror than just physical violence — it includes arrests and expulsions of people living there with their families, of police officers simply doing their jobs while their homes are in Kosovo and Metohija, and now the construction of new bridges,” Odalovic remarked.

He recalled that several months ago Kurti said he had completed everything he planned for the north of Kosovo, except for opening the main bridge over the Ibar — but was told that this bridge would not be opened.

“That bridge is a symbol of resistance; it saved the Serbs who stayed in the four northern municipalities. It was there that, through self-organization, the Serbs set up a blockade in 1999 and again in 2004, which prevented rampaging mobs from expelling the remaining Serbs,” Odalovic explained.

He pointed out that there are already four functioning bridges over the Ibar, yet Kurti wants to build two more right next to the main one, claiming they’ll be completed by autumn. And aside from verbal objections, no one is stopping him.

Odalovic also highlighted that Kurti has caused an institutional crisis, as today marks the 46th attempt to constitute the parliament in Pristina — a space in which Kurti, he says, “swims best.”

According to Odalovic, Kurti currently holds both legislative and executive power as a sitting MP and acting Prime Minister, merging the two branches of government into one person. He prevents the formation of any functioning institutions because, even if parliament were constituted, Kurti is uncertain whether he could form a government, as he lacks a majority.

“His goal is to use this institutional void — at a time when even the great powers that once paid close attention to Kosovo, such as the EU and the U.S., are now focused on their own issues — to achieve the greatest possible objectives: to expel as many Serbs as he can, take over all institutions, establish authority in the north, and build police stations,” said Odalovic.