The Mitrovica Basic Prosecution Office has completed the questioning of three officials of the Serb List in connection with an investigation into alleged document forgery within former Serbian parallel institutions in northern Kosovo.
Igor Simić, a current Serb List MP and former director of the Serbian Pension and Disability Insurance Fund in northern Kosovo, was questioned alongside former Minister of Local Government Administration Ivan Todosijević and Serb List member Vasilije Tomasević.
All three were summoned as defendants in the case. Simić declared himself not guilty, while Todosijević and Tomasević exercised their legal right to remain silent.
“I am not guilty, of course,” Simić told reporters after leaving the prosecution office, saying he had responded to the summons to provide a statement regarding the allegations of document forgery.
The lawyer representing Todosijević, Ljubomir Pantović, confirmed that his client had chosen not to make a statement.
“Mr. Todosijević exercised his right to remain silent today. Two years ago, he gave a more detailed statement regarding this case to the police, and there was no need for him to say anything beyond that,” Pantović said.
Further questioning is expected in the coming days, with Ivan Zaporozhac, head of the North Mitrovica Municipal Assembly, and Zoran Todić also summoned in connection with the same alleged offense.
The Serb List has claimed that its officials are being prosecuted because they previously held positions within Serbian institutions that are not recognized by Kosovo.
Simić and Todosijević were previously questioned by police on September 5, 2024, following allegations of document forgery in former parallel municipal structures that Kosovo authorities shut down on August 30, 2024.
The case comes amid continued efforts by Kosovo institutions to dismantle structures operated by Serbia in northern Kosovo and integrate their functions into Kosovo’s legal and administrative system.
Todosijević has previously been involved in another high-profile legal case. On July 12, 2023, Kosovo’s Supreme Court acquitted him of charges related to a 2018 statement in which he described the January 1999 Račak massacre as fabricated. He had previously been sentenced to two years in prison over the statement.
The Račak massacre, in which 45 Albanian civilians were killed by Serbian forces, remains one of the most significant and contested episodes of the Kosovo war.
