Rakocevic: CSM is no longer mentioned, it seems more distant for Serbs than ever

After the recent events in the north and the tragic events in Banjska, Pristina is no longer being asked for anything, and everything is allowed to them, journalist and writer Zivojin Rakocevic says in his statement for Kosovo Online.

Commenting on whether, after the tragic events of September 24, when three Serbs and a Kosovo police officer were killed, the months-long pressure from the EU and the US on the Kosovo authorities to reduce tensions in the north and begin implementing the obligations from the dialogue has subsided, Rakocevic pointed out that things had obviously changed and that "Banjska and the Community of Serb Municipalities do not go hand in hand."

"We have been pushed outside the system, outside the law, and, in some cases, completely out of life. Banjska and the Community of Serb Municipalities do not go hand in hand at all now. The Community of Serb Municipalities is something that is no longer mentioned at all, and to be honest, we don't even know, nor have we ever found out, what the CSM is and what it could be. Today, it is the farthest thing from all of us," Rakocevic said.

He reminds of the long-standing support that Pristina has always had from the international community, which, in a way, increased after the events in Banjska.

"Albin Kurti is a child of the international community, and Albanian politics is a product of the international community. They will not allow this policy to collapse and disappear. Often, the international community, Brussels, and Washington think better of Kosovo and the political elites of Kosovo Albanians than they do themselves. They have done this job, and they will live off the catastrophe of Banjska for years. It will take years to lead us out of this political and general despair that has befallen us," Rakocevic concluded.