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Kosovo Serbs threaten to leave institutions after winning elections in the north - Gazeta Express 2-3 minutes _____ Goran Rakic, head of Srpska List, the biggest political entity of Serbs in Kosovo, addressing media after meeting Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic in Belgrade said that they are ready to resign again, if there is no common language with Kosovo institutions. Rakic's threat of resignation came days after Srpska List backed by Belgrade won extraordinary mayoral elections in the four Serb majority municipalities in northern Kosovo. Rakic who was former mayor of Mitrovica North and three other Serb mayors of Zvecan Zubin Potok and Leposavic resigned in November last year protesting Kosovo Government's decision to introduce 100 percent tax on all Serbian goods. Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci announced early elections which were held on 19 May. The Srpska List won the election in the four municipalities with over 90 percent of votes. The newly elected mayors, who are yet to take the oath before Kosovo institutions, decide to meet Serbian president Vucic and head of Serbia's Government Office, Marko Djuric, after the landslide victory last Sunday. Rakic warned that they are ready to resign again. "The newly elected mayors are ready to leave institutions if there is no understanding from Pristina," Rakic said. He said that in addition to mayors, also other Kosovo Serb officials of all levels would leave Kosovo institutions. "If this is the case than it will be applied in all levels, including judges and prosecutors and teachers," Rakic said, according to media in Belgrade. Rakic thanked Serbian president Vucic for as he said "commitment and everything he does" to help Serbs in Kosovo. Serbian president Vucic it was the first to announce prior the mayoral elections took place that Srpska List mayors, if confirmed, might offer resignation again. /GazetaExpress/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/senet. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/00d801d5130a%2455fde140%2401f9a3c0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
