Sevarlic: if there is fascism in Serbia, who are Hitler and Mussolini? – Politics

I ended the hunger strike because the media practically suffocated me, due to the popularity of the parliamentary majority, on the one hand, and the Dveri movement, on the other.

Photo: FoNet / Ognjen Stevanović

I was not interested in the media, although the problems raised by other parliamentarians in the hunger strike, Bosko Obradovic, Aleksandar Martinovic and Sandra Bozic, are not as important as the issue of Kosovo and Metohija, that is, the territorial integrity of Serbia , so I decided on this type of protest. . I think there is no country in the world that gives up 12 percent of the territory, for something, and especially not for joining the EU, says Danas professor and independent deputy Miladin Sevarlic.

* It seems that you decided to start a hunger strike completely unexpectedly.

– When I went on a hunger strike, I wanted to encourage citizens to think about the Serbian Constitution, which refers to territorial integrity, the UN Charter, Resolution 1244 and that they have no idea what Vucic is negotiating with the representatives of the so-called Kosovo. Despite numerous attempts to obtain information on all of these issues, including whether the Kosovo energy system was annexed to Albania, I received no response, so I requested that the Kosovo issue be placed on the agenda of the last session of the Serbian Parliament. I thought that in the election year it was very important to know the position of the political parties and coalitions on the Kosovo issue, but the Speaker of the Parliament, Maja Gojković, interrupted me, claiming that she knew nothing. Are we going to give votes to those who are against the Serbian Constitution?

* The Serbian President and SNS MPs claim that his statement, which was the reason for his hunger strike, is old and out of context.

– If the statement is old, it is even more tragic for him. What matters is whether it is true or not. I downloaded that statement from the internet on May 9th and didn’t add or subtract anything. That day, the interview of the Russian ambassador, Alexander Bocan Kharchenko, was published, in which he pointed out that Resolution 1244 should be modified, which is very strange because Russia has always advocated its implementation.

* Were you surprised when Bosko Obradovic joined you on strike?

– Yes, because Dveri’s deputies passed me while I was sitting on the steps and I entered parliament. Forty minutes later, Bosko approached me and asked if he could join me, I said no, because I don’t want it to turn out that I did it for Dveri, but if he wants to attack, let him sit a little longer. He did it. Soon after, to my amazement, the head of the parliamentary progressives, Aleksandar Martinović, and his colleague Sandra Božić also appeared. It is interesting that the ruling majority deputies convinced me that first night to end the hunger strike, call a press conference and criticize both sides, and leave the stairs demonstratively. I refused of course. I practically made them not leave the stairs either. Around three at night, Martinović approached me, where I told him at least five things in which the government insults the common sense of the citizens. He was silent and stoically endured, only to say at the end: yes, we also made mistakes.

* How is it possible for the parliamentary majority to attack the prosecutor’s office they are appointing?

– The scandal is that the majority are on hunger strike in general, which means that they are on strike against their party, against the prosecutor when they name him and when they influence. They never went on strike, demanding that charges be brought against one of them for acts that are much more drastic. I am not saying that the Boško Obradović procedure is correct, because no one has the right to prevent a dignified entry into an institution like the Assembly, regardless of how incorrectly the ruling majority has behaved.

* To what extent did Marjan Risticevic, when taken by the government under his protection, provoke Dveri’s reaction against himself?

– I don’t want to comment on your behavior. He called me genetically modified peasant because I am wearing the national costume, of which I am proud. And that’s a man who was chairman of the agriculture committee for two terms, and in that time, farmers were robbed for 103 billion dinars, or more than 800 million euros. They are allocated much less than the budget. And at the same time, he is one of the Mandarin Kulaks who received hundreds of hectares of leased state land. This is verifiable in the municipality of Indjija and the Agricultural Land Administration.

* Are Obradović’s actions similar to the actions of fascists, as progressives and their supporters like to say?

– It is a pity that in the year in which the 75th anniversary of the victory over fascism is commemorated, fascism is constantly mentioned in Serbia, which is the third in the total number of victims in World War II. If there are fascists in Serbia, then the question is who is the other Hitler, who is the other Mussolini or Pavelic. What is the infrastructure behind them? Are there concentration camps or were there concentration camps during the pandemic? I did not leave the eighth floor for 43 days due to the danger of a pandemic, and two days ago many people gathered in front of the Assembly, despite the valid decision to meet. Of course, SNS supporters came to parliament in an organized manner and dispersed under command.

* Is Serbia on the brink of conflict?

– Latent conflict has been going on for a long time, from some individual conflicts in some municipalities from Subotica, through Grocka to Brus. I am particularly concerned about the behavior of the President of the Republic, the Government and the President of Parliament, because they are unidirectional and should not behave in a party way. The tragedy is that all three are on one side and everyone listens to Aleksandar Vučić’s command only. Well, most of the parliamentary time was spent spitting on members of the old regime, although there was enough time to prosecute them. The four years I spent in parliament are the most devastating years for me.

* However, you were against the boycott of parliament and elections.

– Yes, because the heterogeneous parties that have found a justification for the boycott do not participate in the plenary sessions, and now everyone wants to go to the polls. And they should have left the database for recognizable issues, because that’s the only way to win over voters. They surrendered by boycotting the municipal parliaments.

* How justified are the demands of the Dveri leader right now?

– They are justified, because electoral activities cannot continue when there are emergency measures and whenever there are deaths due to the crown virus, if the crown is in question. Only when all that stops can electoral activities continue.

At least I’ll be a voter

* Are you going to the polls?

– I’ll be out at least as a voter. I intended to go to the polls with George Vukadinovic and the Restitution movement, but we cannot provide funds to pay the costs. So we give up on that, because it is risky to secure signatures. I have many offers. I will see if I will join an option or if I will continue working in agriculture and social work.

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