The Albanian National Council has reacted to the failure to accept any Albanians into the ranks of the Serbian police. In a Facebook post, the head of this Council, Enkel Rexhepi, stated that "in the latest list published by the Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs, out of 43 candidates accepted in the competition for police officers, not a single Albanian was accepted in Presheva and Bujanovac. Likewise, in Medveđa out of 22 police officers, not a single Albanian".
The President of the Albanian National Council (ANC), Enkel Rexhepi, has described this as an alarming signal and clear evidence of the systematic discrimination being exercised against Albanians by Serbian state institutions.
"This situation is a clear throwback to 2001, when Albanians were completely excluded from state structures, including the police. The non-inclusion of Albanians is not only injustice, but a violation of international agreements and a direct danger to coexistence," reads the post by Mayor Rexhepi.
He recalled that "exactly 24 years ago, the Konçul Agreement was signed, which provided for the integration of Albanians into public life and the creation of a multiethnic police force in the Presevo Valley. In the years 2002–2004, a significant inclusion of Albanians in the police forces was achieved, but since then, the process has completely stopped."
The NKSH warns that, "if this trend continues, with the retirement of existing Albanian cadres and the lack of new recruitment, the Presheva Valley is threatened with a complete loss of Albanian representation in the police."
The Council has called for the urgent reinstatement of the multiethnic police program, as the only way to guarantee fair and proportional representation in accordance with the constitution, international agreements and the 7-point plan for the integration of Albanians into state institutions.
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