How former Serb police officers are operating in the north, paying Serbia

Northern Kosovo Serbs, who had abandoned Kosovo institutions a few days later, had started signing contracts offered by the state of Serbia. These contracts highlight that the work owner takes over to perform the work for the interim Organisation and the Office for Kosovo of the Government of Serbia for “support of the Serb community” in northern Kosovo.

The contract on the work states that the performer will conduct them in line with “the Order and the need shown”. However, they are not specified. The Government of Serbia's Office for Kosovo did not answer Radio Free Europe's question about what “the conduct of jobs for the support of the Serbian community” implies.

There has also been no clarification of what the “constrat means for special work engagement”, given that such a contract does not exist in the labour Law in Serbia.

On the other hand, Kosovo's legislation recognises “the contract for special duty”, which is linked to more than 120 days during the year and this contract does not provide, among other things, the right to holidays.

Periscope has learned that former Kosovo Serb police are continuing to operate north without uniforms, according to Vuciqi-led state directives. For this, there have been reports of how many of them have been involved in putting up barricades, and also the now released terrorist indictee Dejan Pantic, who allegedly attacked the CEC office, had been Kosovo police officer.

Periscopi has asked the deputy director of Regional Police in the north, Besim Hotin, if they have information about resignation activities, but the same has guided us to the Central Police on this subject. Nor has the Central Police until now provided any answers.

Sheell: Serbia through them is trying to monitor situation in the north

Institute for Confirmation of Interethnic Relations Leader has declared for Periscope That there is no dilemma about the fact that Serb leaders are continuing to serve orders and obligations from Serbia to act in different forms in the north.

Some of them, as you know, were part of the barricades and these tensions. It is natural that such people who are stationed with the Government of Serbia and who pay them, they receive suggestions, instructions for their conduct in the north. It means they have to answer for those who pay. There is no here, and that makes us analyse the situation that all those who were part of the Kosovo police today take on obligations from Serbia. Serbia through them is trying to monitor the situation in the north in different forms. And what duties they receive for the north, this should be investigated by Kosovo security bodies. Sheell says.

How was the situation in the north?

Representatives of Serbs in northern Kosovo fled Kosovo's institutions following the dismissal of the police director for the northern region, Nenad Djuric, due to the refusal to implement the Kosovo Government's decision to reregister cars.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vuciq announced on November 9th that Serbs who have abandoned Kosovo institutions will be employed in Serbia's state bodies.

None of those 3,500 people will be on the street. We'll all take care of”, Vuciq said at the time.

Vuchy had even decorated those who handed in their uniforms.

Likewise, the Government of Serbia's Office for Kosovo announced on November 17th that Serbs who have abandoned Kosovo institutions -- the revenues they have received in the Kosovo system -- will now receive all from Serbia's state.

Serbs have returned to institutions, while the barricades left just before the new year, following Pantic's release. / P ERISCOPI/