Appeal To
the Serb Community in Kosovo
We appeal to the Serb community in Kosovo to vote in
the local elections scheduled for November 15, 2009. By casting a ballot
in the upcoming elections, Kosovo Serbs will prove that they take the
responsibility for their future in their own hands. Only through active
participation in Kosovo's political life the Serb community could
efficiently solve its crucial everyday problems: status and property
rights, and existential economic, social (educational and healthcare)
and other issues.
We remind the Serb community that, 15 years ago, Serbs
in Croatia boycotted local and parliamentary elections. By jeopardizing
themselves their vital interests in local communities, they nothing but
compromised their living in Croatia. It took them fifteen years to
realize how tragic the consequences of their earlier decisions had been
and how important it was for them to take upon themselves the
responsibility for their future.
No rational interests of the Serb community could
explain the persistent disregard of the upcoming local elections in
Kosovo. On the other hand, by voting in the local elections the Serb
community would demonstrate that it is fully aware of its complex
position but also that of Serbia proper. Only if economically stable and
politically constructive the Serb community can ensure its dignified
life in Kosovo and turn into an independent sociopolitical factor.
The centuries-long Serb-Albanian coexistence in Kosovo
testifies that normalization of mutual relations is the only and the
best option for both communities.
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