institutional discrimination against Albanians, Kamberi in Serbia's Parliament presents Valley requirements

MP Shaip Kamberi during a budget dispute in Serbia's Parliament spoke of the problems citizens have in the Presevo Valley, such as imposing addresses, institutional discrimination against Albanians, failing to implement the law on official use of languages, etc. Kamberi through a post on the social network on Facebook has made it [...]
Kamberi through a post on the social network on Facebook has made it known that he asked the Interior Ministry why he didn't respond to his request that the Presevo municipality get its license plate for motor vehicles.
Kamberi also asked the Government why money is blocked for the Albanian National Council by Kosovo Government funds, as well as what is happening with the initiative for a programme for the admission of persons from Albanian and Bosnian national minorities to local police service.
Even at the previous session, the Albanian deputy spoke with harsh tones in the Serbian parliament.
We know there is institutional discrimination against Albanians in the Presevo Valley. We know that there is a practice of passiveizing addresses through which thousands of people are deprived of electoral and civic rights”, Kamberi underlined.
For more, read the entire Camber talk:
Before Serbia enters the EU, it must first enter Europe and rights, not only in market Europe.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Today I am speaking not only as an MP, but as the voice of tens of thousands of Presevo citizens, Bujanoc and Medvedja people, for more than two decades, live between law and injustice, between constitutional guarantees and real life.
Before us is a resolution that is neither extreme nor separatist, but deeply democratic and European.
It requires only one thing: that Albanians in the Presevo Valley face equality before the law and full realisation of civic, political and national rights.
So when we talk about this resolution, we talk about justice, not politics.
For trust in institutions, not threats to the state.
For European values, not for boundaries.
Ladies and gentlemen,
We all know there is a problem.
We know there is institutional discrimination against Albanians in the Presevo Valley.
We know that there is the practice of passiveizing addresses through which thousands of people are deprived of electoral rights and citizens.
We know there is a lack of law on official use of languages, not knowing diplomas, lack of bilingual inscriptions, lack of representation in police, judiciary, prosecutor, and inspective services.
We also know that the region's economic development is systematically neglected, while young people are leaving because they see no future in a country where they are treated as second-hand citizens.
Therefore, let's not say today that “is not the moment”, because this moment is already expected more than 20 years.
When we ask for a ban on passive display of addresses, we seek, not mercy, but respect for justice.
When we seek official use of language and symbols, we seek, not privileges, but equal treatment.
When we demand that Albanians be equally represented in institutions, we do not seek positions, but fair representation in the state where they are citizens.
This resolution calls for the creation of an independent parliamentary body, which, in co-operation with the OSCE and civil society, will investigate the consequences of the pause and propose measures for the return of the rights of thousands of people deprived.
It calls for eventual recognition of diplomats and educational qualifications won in Kosovo, for the right to Albanian language to be respected, and for ensuring equal representation in state services.
Isn't that what every European state has to do?
If we want Serbia to enter the European Union, it must first enter Europe and rights, not only in market Europe.
Ladies and gentlemen MPs,
Since 2001, from the signing of the Plan for resolving the crisis in Presevo, Bujanoc and Medvedja, through the 2009 and 2013 agreements, to the 2022 Action Plan, Serbia's state has pledged to integrate the Albanian community.
All these vows exist on paper, but in practice they're just dead words.
Today, in 2025, officials of the Coordination Body publicly deny even the existence of the Action Plan itself.
This is not only irresponsible. It's also an insult to those who believe in dialogue and institutions.
So today, the Popular Assembly has the opportunity to assume responsibility.
To show that the state is not an enemy to its citizens, but a guarantor of their rights.
To restore confidence that has been ruined for decades.
Ladies and gentlemen,
Presevo Valley requires respect for the rules already existing.
It requires, not new promises, but the implementation of those data 20 years ago.
It doesn't require more, but it won't accept anything less than equality.
Therefore, today, by supporting this resolution, we do not approve an act in behalf of Albanians, but an act in behalf of justice, democracy and European Serbia. /Telegraphy/












