Kosovo police closed an office of Serbian-backed institutions in North Mitrovica on Wednesday, prompting the reaction of local political representatives backed by Belgrade, who said this is part of Prime Minister Albin Kurti's pre-election campaign.
Authorities said the office operated as part of the tax administration of Serbia's Ministry of Finance.
The Minister of the Interior, Xhelal Sveçla, wrote on social networks that "this institution has illegally collected financial resources from citizens and subjects who live and operate in the Republic of Kosovo", while emphasizing that Kosovo will continue to fight "every criminal parallelism of Serbia in the face of its "institutions".
The closure of the office provoked the reaction of the Serbian List, which said that by "taking 80 Serbian workers out into the streets, Albin Kurti continued his pre-election campaign, which he runs exclusively on the backs of the Serbian people, because he has nothing to offer them to his voters".
This party founded and supported by Belgrade will be part of the February 9 parliamentary elections in Kosovo, while its certification became a topic of debate after the ruling Vetëvendosje movement opposed its participation in the elections.
On Monday, the Central Election Commission included the Serbian List in the ballot, despite the reaction of the Vetëvendosje movement, which has complained to the Electoral Panel for Complaints and Submissions, since on the last day of the year we left behind, the Central Election Commission said that the decision of this panel for the certification of the Serbian List is mandatory and must be implemented./ VOA (A2 Televizion)
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