Why did you plead with Vučić?” Enver Bytyçi criticizes Xhavit Haliti after his statement on Serbia and demands answers

The statement by PDK MP Xhavit Haliti that “even if we beg Serbia, it will not come to Kosovo” has prompted a reaction from Professor Enver Bytyçi.

Referring to developments that have affected the north of the country and to the Kosovo political leadership’s previous positions toward Serbia, Bytyçi questioned Haliti’s claim.

In his response, which he sent to “Bota sot,” the professor asked what the statement meant and what political position lay behind it.

Bytyçi writes that Xhavit Haliti often comes out with unusual claims. He recalls that, a few years ago, Haliti stated that everyone in Kosovo had two million euros. According to the professor, since Haliti himself has that much money, he thinks others should have the same wealth, describing him as a politician completely detached from reality.

The professor continues by saying that two days ago Haliti made another strange statement when he said that Serbia would not come to Kosovo even if they begged it to. Based on this claim, Bytyçi asks why they then pleaded with Vučić to come and take Kosovo’s valuable assets in the north. He adds that, if Haliti himself did not do this, then his boss did—and that person is now in The Hague.

Bytyçi also emphasizes that Xhavit Haliti has not distanced himself from Hashim Thaçi or from Vlora Çitaku. According to him, Haliti has not even reacted to the integration minister from his own party, who paid from the state budget to lobby in favor of Kosovo’s partition.

Finally, the professor wants to know why Serbia should have been given Kosovo territory if it supposedly has no interest in the country. He asks whether Haliti’s statement should be viewed as a “Valium” intended to put people to sleep or as support for Vučić, so that the international community would accept him as a man of peace, and calls on the MP to explain how it should be understood.