Petkovic: Just as we fought for Todosijevic, we will fight for every Serb in Kosovo; a political trial is over

Photo: Tanjug/Jadranka Ilic

With the formal judicial end of the political persecution of the president of the temporary body of the Municipality of Zvecan, Ivan Todosijevic, justice has won, and one of the most respected and honorable Serbs from the north of Kosovo and Metohija and his family will finally be able to breathe a sigh of relief after the torment they have been subjected to by the provisional authorities of self-government in Pristina, the director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Petar Petkovic, said in a written statement.

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"President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic resolutely stood by Ivan Todosijevic from the very beginning, both because of his personal qualities, and because of the fact that the verdict by which he would be punished for expressing his position regarding Racak (case) would be a precedent, based on which every Serb in our southern province could be sent to prison for uttering a word that differs from Pristina's propaganda narratives.

Through continuous political and diplomatic action, it was made known to all relevant foreign interlocutors that Serbia and the Serb people do not intend, at any cost, to agree to the situation where in the modern world, in the heart of Europe, someone is being denied the right to opinion and speech," said Petkovic.

He added that President Vucic especially insisted on every occasion that the violence against Ivan Todosijevic must not be forgotten amid the onslaught of some other difficult and serious challenges being faced by the Serb people in Kosovo and Metohija.

"Just as we fought for Ivan Todosijevic and his family, we will fight for every Serb who is targeted by Pristina today, and we will not stop fighting as long as any Serb man or Serb woman in Kosovo and Metohija is a victim of political persecution. I will remind you that Todosijevic, because of his publicly stated position regarding the events in Racak, faced organized persecution in the form of a politically instructed court marathon, because of which he personally suffered, as well as his entire family," stated Petkovic and concluded:

"The only ones in Kosovo and Metohija who can today be accused of 'inciting hatred, discord and intolerance' are Albin Kurti and his politically like-minded extremists."

(Telegraf.rs)