Vulin against deal, resigns on Wednesday
Government's Office for Kosovo Director Aleksandar Vulin has stated that he will submit a written resignation to the Serbian government on Wednesday, because he was against the Belgrade-Pristina agreement initialed on April 19 in Brussels.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Vulin said in an RTS broadcast late Tuesday that it is logical and necessary for him to accept the consequences of his political views.
Vulin, also the leader of the Movement of Socialists, stated that by doing this he wants to show how important it is to accept the proposal he gave to his coalition partners - to hold a referendum in order to achieve unity among people.
He noted that he resigned because he had given his word to Kosovo Serbs that the agreement would be different.
What we accepted is a miracle compared to what we were offered in the ninth round, but it is not good enough. I think our people deserve more, Vulin stressed.
Vulin believes that the agreement should not have been signed before September, when Pristina's interim institutions will hold elections at which the Serbs would for the first time vote fully organized, unified, and with the support of their state.
At these elections, the Serbs could win 20 to 23 parliamentary seats and then they would decide on their own with whom and how they would negotiate, he said.
Vulin pointed out that Serbia's state leadership should talk seriously with the Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and find a solution with them.
The agreement on the normalization of relations with Pristina provides less than what is laid out in the resolution on Kosovo and that the Serbian "parliament should become familiar with that," he stressed.
Vulin underlined that he is afraid that the Brussels agreement will lead to a wave of recognition of Kosovo, adding that the Serbian diplomacy needs to prevent this and that Serbia needs to strengthen its ties with Russia and China, in order to get the two countries' assistance in that.
Vulin, also the leader of the Movement of Socialists, stated that by doing this he wants to show how important it is to accept the proposal he gave to his coalition partners - to hold a referendum in order to achieve unity among people.
He noted that he resigned because he had given his word to Kosovo Serbs that the agreement would be different.
What we accepted is a miracle compared to what we were offered in the ninth round, but it is not good enough. I think our people deserve more, Vulin stressed.
Vulin believes that the agreement should not have been signed before September, when Pristina's interim institutions will hold elections at which the Serbs would for the first time vote fully organized, unified, and with the support of their state.
At these elections, the Serbs could win 20 to 23 parliamentary seats and then they would decide on their own with whom and how they would negotiate, he said.
Vulin pointed out that Serbia's state leadership should talk seriously with the Serbs in Kosovo-Metohija and find a solution with them.
The agreement on the normalization of relations with Pristina provides less than what is laid out in the resolution on Kosovo and that the Serbian "parliament should become familiar with that," he stressed.
Vulin underlined that he is afraid that the Brussels agreement will lead to a wave of recognition of Kosovo, adding that the Serbian diplomacy needs to prevent this and that Serbia needs to strengthen its ties with Russia and China, in order to get the two countries' assistance in that.
