Kamberi criticises proposal that Demo Berisha be part of Serbia's government

The only representative of Albanians in Serbia's Parliament, Shaip Kamberi, said on April 14th that the proposal for Demo Berisha to be minister for Human and Minority Rights in Serbia's new government is “a serious blow to any Albanian who has suffered, resisted and sacrificed for his rights in Serbia”.

Berisha is chairman of the Association of Albanians in Serbia and a member of the Initiative Committee for the establishment of the Movement for People and State, which was introduced by the ruling Serbian Progressive Party during a three-day rally in Belgrade from 11 April to 13 April.

This appointment is not only politically unacceptable but also morally shameful. Because Demo Berisha is not a representative of human rights, but a symbol of the denial of the national and political identity of Kosovo Albanians and the Presevo Valley”, Kamberi wrote on his Facebook page.

Berisha is a member of Serbia's Army. Since 2023, he has been employed by the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights of Serbia in the position of adviser.

Kamberi stressed that Berisha “does not represent Albanians, but his version instrumentalised for Serbian political interests, like some others in the time of (President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic). ”

Berisha, in office of Minister for Human and Minority Rights, is expected to succeed Tomislav Zignovo, chairman of the Croatian Democratic Union of Vojvodina.

The candidate for prime minister, Djuro Macut, submitted on 14 April to Serbia's Parliament proposal for the composition of Serbia's new government. The session in which new government members will be elected is scheduled for Tuesday, April 15th.

The opposition has proposed forming a transitional government, which has been rejected by the ruling coalition.

Serbia's government has been on a technical mandate since March 19th, when the Parliament's deputies verified Vuchev's resignation from the prime minister post, which marked the beginning of the 30-day deadline for the election of the new government.

Under the proposal submitted by Macu to the Serbian Assembly, it is expected that their duties will remain: Bratislav Gashic (Seconment Minister), Marko Djurovic (Foreign Affairs Minister), Dubravka Gjotovic Handanovic (power and Mining Minister), Zlatibor Loncar (Health minister), Nikola Selakovovic (Secretary Minister) and Milan Shrkombabic (Mireservary Minister for the Village).

Vuchevic resigned a month and a half ago after activists of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party beat up a group of students blocking the faculty's work in Novi Sad.

The collapse of the Vuchevic government occurred at the peak of anti-regime protests led by students since late November 2024 have blocked dozens of schools throughout Serbia.

Focusing on their demands, addressing Serbia's institutions, is determining the legal and political responsibility for the deaths of 16 people from the collapse of the Iron Station shelter in Novi Sad on November 1st last year. / REL/Periscopi/