[KAN-Info] Communique

[KAN Office]

COMMUNIQUÉ
 
 
 
Around 15 Kosovar citizens have been killed in the violent riots that
have occurred throughout Kosova in the past 24 hours. Hundreds of others
were injured or wounded. These riots followed the drowning of three
Albanian children while trying to escape from local Serbs who were
hunting them with a dog in the village of Çabër, Zubin Potok, Mitrovica.
 
We, activists of Kosova Action Network (KAN), express our condolences to
the families that lost their loved ones. We wish fast recovery to all
the wounded. 
 
It is not the first time after the war that Albanian citizens,
especially in the north of  Kosova, but also the citizens of other
communities have been the target of criminals. This has been enabled
since Kosova is being governed by the undemocratic regime of UNMIK.
Tolerating of the parallel structures and the Serbian secret service,
that only harm the Serbs too, has become unbearable. The citizen of
Kosova has become strangled by the hegemonic power of UNMIK and
disappointed with the puppet power of the institutions of Kosova. The
Kosovar institutions are built and act according to frameworks that do
not protect the interests of the citizens and do not represent their
will. Such a political system, while not giving a chance to democratic
institutions, becomes repressive and cannot count on the loyalty of the
citizens for which it does not show respect. 
 
Consequently, those that have the power (UNMIK) and those that pretend
to have the power (Kosovar Institutions) are the main responsible for
the tragic events and for the difficult situation that we face. 
 
Overcoming of this situation and the overall progress in Kosova, before
anything, depends on respecting the will of the citizens of Kosova that
includes also the independent sovereign state of Kosova. Not
understanding or not accepting this will only deepen the crisis.
 
 
 
 
Prishtina, 17th March 2004                                     Kosova
Action Network (KAN)
 
 
 
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