A Kosovo Serb from the village of Donji Močare in Kamenica has publicly described how Serbia’s parallel structures in Kosovo allegedly exploit local Serbs for political purposes while abandoning them once they demand their basic rights.
Krsta Stojković stated that he worked for nearly three years in the Serbian-run parallel municipality in Kamenica, initially under temporary contracts and later without any formal contract at all, despite continuing to receive a salary. According to him, the problems began after he requested a permanent employment contract, which he believed he was legally entitled to receive.
“I discovered that I had the right to permanent employment… and after I asked for it, they fired me,” he said.
Stojković claims he was dismissed without any official decision or written notice, and was simply told over the phone not to return to work.
More significantly, he described what he says was constant political pressure placed on Serbian workers within the parallel system. According to his testimony, employees were expected to attend political rallies organized by Serbia in different cities in order to protect their jobs and salaries.
“We always have to beg and kneel… They control us and treat us like sheep. There’s a rally in Vranje, another in Belgrade, another somewhere else — and we must go because we have to protect our salaries,” he said.
He also spoke about the difficult economic situation of his family, explaining that they survive on a single salary and child benefits, while also struggling with loans taken to furnish a house built through Serbia’s Office for Kosovo.
Expressing deep disappointment with the treatment he says he received from Serbian structures, Stojković added that he had even considered enrolling his children in Albanian-language schools.
His testimony sheds light on accusations that Serbia’s parallel structures in Kosovo maintain political and economic control over local Serbs through dependency and pressure, rather than genuine support and integration.
