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Usurpers of Serbian property in Kosovo cannot be candidates in provincial elections
Belgrade,
15 November 2007
State Secretary at the Serbian Ministry for Kosovo-Metohija Dusan Prorokovic said that this ministry informed UNMIK chief Joakim Ryker that lists of candidates for Kosovo elections contain names of certain Albanians who have been usurping the property of displaced Serbs for years.
Prorokovic voiced regret over the fact that no answer from UNMIK has yet arrived and underlined that according to both international standards and decrees made by UNMIK itself, the persons who usurped someone else's property cannot run in elections, let alone be ministers, deputies or municipal presidents.
He added that Ryker was also informed that certain candidates for municipal presidents and deputies of local assemblies registered the usurped property as their own in property sheets.
Prorokovic stressed that that is forgery and theft, which requires criminal proceedings to be taken. He explained that now there are two options - either to prohibit all Albanian politicians who usurped Serbian property in Kosovo-Metohija to run in November 17 elections, or to declare their possible election illegitimate.
He added that Ryker was also informed that certain candidates for municipal presidents and deputies of local assemblies registered the usurped property as their own in property sheets.
Prorokovic stressed that that is forgery and theft, which requires criminal proceedings to be taken. He explained that now there are two options - either to prohibit all Albanian politicians who usurped Serbian property in Kosovo-Metohija to run in November 17 elections, or to declare their possible election illegitimate.
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