Mustaf reacts after Serbia said Albanians in São Valley want to apply to police

In a response published on social networks, Mustaf describes this statement as “a classic manipulation of truth”. He says that in any announced competition, Albanians have applied in considerable numbers, but none of them have even been accepted who have fulfilled all the basic criteria.

“Since 2008, no Albanians have been accepted from Presevo, Bujanovac or Medvedja at the Serbian Police Academy”, he points out.

According to Mustaf, discrimination is deep and deliberate, while the last case -- the May 2025 contest -- is the most obvious “testimony”: out of 43 accepted, none were Albanian.

“This is institutional discrimination, and not lack of interest, is colonial thinking and not lack of application”, Mustafi claims.

He adds that many young Albanians have been discouraged by the injustices in the selection procedures, including political elimination and discrimination treatment during the testing and interviewing stages, especially those who have had former members of the UCPM.

There are cases documented when Albanian candidates have not been invited to the final stage at all, even though they have successfully passed preliminary tests”, Mustaf says.

Comparing the situation to that in Kosovo, he says the Republic of Kosovo is “example of the classified rating and space of minority institutional participation, namely that Serbian”, naming Kosovo as the “legal framework security champion not only in the Western Balkans but also in Europe”.

For Mustaf, the issue is not about the lack of interest by Albanians, but about the lack of institutional will to include them. No Albanians are not missing from the police because they don't want to, but because it's not allowed”, he concludes.

Full response: