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February 21, 2004 ERP KiM Newsletter 21-02-04b Enough theatrics! The time has come for concrete action The Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija urges Holkeri and Rugova to end their theatrical performances in front of the television cameras and to finally demonstrate genuine readiness for concrete action by engaging themselves in finding the criminals who committed the massacres in Livadice, Gorazdevac, Obilic and yesterday's double murder in Lipljan. Serb returnees do not need hypocritical statements and smiles from Holkeri and Rugova, whose inertia and benevolent attitude toward extremism are responsible for maintaining the rule of ethnic terror in the southern Serbian province. Displaced Serbs want to return to their homes but cannot accept the rule of violence, Albanian chauvinism and terrorism which prevent the Serb people as a whole, and especially its children, from enjoying the most basic elements of a dignified and free life ERP KIM Info Service The Diocese of Raska-Prizren and Kosovo-Metohija wishes to express its opposition and dissatisfaction with the visit of UNMIK chief Harri Holkeri and so-called Kosovo president Ibrahim Rugova to the Serb refugee villages near Istok and Klina today. This visit comes at a time when both Mr. Holkeri and Ibrahim Rugova are making intensive efforts to misrepresent the actual situation in the southernmost Serbian province before the international community, and cover up the gross extent to which the human and religious rights of the Serbian people and Serbian Orthodox Church are being violated in order to whitewash the failures of the UN mission and Kosovo provisional institutions and depict their work as successful. In his latest report to the UN Security Council the UNMIK chief consciously hid key security problems and directed his criticism against the Belgrade government and so-called parallel organization without even posting the question why Serbs have no confidence in institutions being built by Holkeri and the Albanians contrary to Resolution 1244. At the same time, Ibrahim Rugova has been on a tour of European capitals, using every available opportunity to lobby for the independence of Kosovo and, of course, failing to mention the suffering and excruciating life conditions of not just the members of the Serb community but even those Albanians who do not see Kosovo's future in the rule of terrorism and the mafia. The traveling circus of Holkeri and Rugova comes as an attempt of UNMIK and some international circles to boost Rugova's decreasing political charisma among his own people. Known for his political inertia, fear and failure to establish normal contact with the people Rugova has been finally drawn out from his den (his villa) to appear in front of cameras as a responsible politician. The Diocese of Raska-Prizren and
Kosovo-Metohija therefore urges Holkeri and Rugova to end their
theatrical performances in front of the television cameras and to
finally demonstrate genuine readiness for concrete action by engaging
themselves in finding the criminals who committed the massacres in
Livadice (blowing up of Nis-express bus), Gorazdevac, Obilic and
yesterday's double murder in Lipljan. Serb returnees do not need
hypocritical statements and smiles from Holkeri and Rugova, whose lack
of responsibility and benevolent attitude toward extremism are
responsible for maintaining the rule of ethnic terror in the southern
Serbian province. Displaced Serbs want to return to their homes but
cannot accept the rule of violence, Albanian chauvinism and terrorism
which prevent the Serb people as a whole, and especially its children,
from enjoying the most basic elements of a dignified and free life. TOP
Serbs protest Kosovo murders
B92, October 20 February, 2004 ERP KIM Info-Service is
the official Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Raska
and Prizren and works with the blessing of His Grace Bishop
Artemije. Additional information on
our Diocese and the life of the Kosovo Serb Community may be found at:
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