Former Kosovo Minister, Meliza Haradinaj, has expressed strong concerns over the Serbian List’s re-entry into Kosovo’s Parliament for the 2025 elections. In a tweet, Haradinaj highlighted that despite the controversial nature of the Serbian List, it remains politically unchallenged and legally unopposed in Kosovo.
She pointed out that Kosovo institutions have failed to take decisive action against the Serbian List, despite its role in the 2023 aggression in Banjskë, and the lack of legal consequences for key figures like Milan Radočić. Haradinaj emphasized that, by certifying and re-legitimizing the Serbian List, Kosovo’s political landscape is facing significant challenges.
Her tweet underlines the implications this move has on Kosovo’s political environment, especially in relation to Serbia’s influence in northern Kosovo.
Her full post:
Radojčić’s “Reformed” Serbian List Returns
Despite being a parallel structure to Serbia, the Serbian List (Srpska Lista) remains legally unchallenged and politically unopposed in Kosovo. The political entity has submitted its certification application with 48 candidates to the Central Election Commission (KQZ) for re-entry into the Kosovo Assembly in the 2025 elections.
Several key factors make this return possible:
- Lack of Legal Action: Kosovo institutions have failed to file a criminal complaint to declare the Serbian List unconstitutional, even though the Ministry of Internal Affairs has classified it as responsible for the aggression in Banjskë.
- Absence of Sentences: Former deputy leader Milan Radojcic has not faced any legal convictions.
- Continued State Funding: Kosovo continues to finance this organization, with 360,000 euros allocated through KQZ to all political parties and 250,000 euros from the Assembly. This funding supports an organization associated with the terrorist aggression orchestrated by Serbia in Banjskë, which resulted in the death of police officer Afrim Bunjaku.
The list submitted to KQZ on December 11 features familiar names of close associates of Milan Radojčić, who are set to run and potentially win, re-entering Kosovo’s Parliament with no barriers.
Unlike Kosovo’s certification process, which lacks security checks, each of these individuals has clearly received approval and instructions from Serbian leaders, including President Aleksandar Vučić and Milan Radojčićc.
The certification and re-legitimization of this organization within Kosovo’s political system will undermine the ability of Albanian political parties to make electoral promises regarding issues related to Serbia and the integration of northern Kosovo.
