Serbian politics continues pressure on Presevo Albanians

Although there are no accurate statistics on how many Albanians have been displaced from the Presevo Valley, the situation there is not good. This was due to the Serbian policy depression, which over the years had more than half the population displaced.

In fact, Serbia's Ministry of Internal Affairs has established an international act for Albanians to be unable to continue personal documentation, and practically denial of the right to have residence, which enables the return of displaced people.

Former Presevo Valley Speaker now member of Party for Democratic Action (PVD) Ardita Sinani in a response to Indexline has said the evacuation process has particularly contributed to the state approach of the Albanian national minority, which has led to the economic degradation of this three.

The Presevo municipality unfortunately does not have any organ that deals with statistics, especially with the number of displaced people from Presevo Valley. However, as a more accurate mirror or a reference point, there are always the number of parallels and students in the Presevo Valley primary and middle schools. From year to year, the number of students and parallels in these Presevo Valley schools marks a decline, which is an undeniable indication that we continue to displace Albanian residents from Presevo Valley. The greatest tragedy is the fact that these displaced Serb state has now begun and how many years to clear the evidence, even though they continue to have their properties and real estates in their own settlements. In fact, these persons have become legally invisible persons, especially sensitive themes, is the issue of Albanians removed from Presevo Valley during the Kosovo war and armed conflicts in the Presheva Valley of Earth Security, the former Presevo president has said.

She has added that the unemployment situation has largely contributed to the deportation of Albanians.

The Presevo Valley has been excluded from any possibility of exploiting the IPA funds of the European Union for cross-border and inter-continual co-operation, because this co-operation is conducted with all other neighbours, but not with Kosovo for the political causes that are known, but not with Macedonia, for the only reason not to benefit the municipality of Presevo, which is inhabited by absolute Albanian population. In these circumstances today we have record unemployment rates, which is about 70 %”, Ardita added.

According to her, the Serbian state so far has not developed any project that would precede the creation of conditions for the return of the displaced and displaced Albanians from its own lands, which it had made a commitment to agreements signed after the end of the armed conflict in Presevo Valley, and where mediators have also been an international factor.

On the other hand, political analyst Fatmir Arifi for Indexline has said the Serbian state in the Valley is applying discriminatory state projects towards Albanian autochthon citizens.

The first “Se, Albanian children in Presevo Valley schools, has been denied the use of Albanian books, especially those of social sciences like that. History, geography, etc. Moreover, there is no permission to use Abetar. Second, Presevo Valley, unfortunately known as the polygon of the combined Serbian forces. Almost every village has a mobile base of these forces that keep Albanian citizens under fierce pressure. The Serbian Gendarmerie's moving units through these Albanian settlements exert psychological pressure and spread panic among Albanian citizens. Third, just over the past 15 years, by the hope of Serbian state policy, half the Albanian population has been displaced from Presevo Valley”, Arifi has said of Indescline.

He has added that Serbia's MPB is not allowing them to continue documentation, which is denying them the right to have residence.

The Albanian's “Exposion towards this discriminated policy has led many Albanian citizens, practically to hide their settlements and, as a result, to hide from manual records. The Albanian issue of the Presevo Valley will take the right course for solutions only if our two states Albania and Kosovo apply with Serbia the principle of reciprocity and mutual respect for minorities in the awareness states” has ended Arifi.

Former Presevo Mayor Ardita Sinani has stressed that the current position of Albanians in the Presevo Valley is below the level of position they had in the last 70th century. /Indesksonline/