Serbian Prime Ministerial Candidate Gjuro Matsut submitted his proposal for a new government to parliament. The composition of the new government is notable for the absence of Aleksandar Vulin, who was apparently excluded after the European Union’s criticism.
Among the proposed names is Demo Berisha, an Albanian who is only such in name. He is expected to hold the post of minister for human rights, minorities and social dialogue. Demo Berisha has in the past denied the existence of the state of Kosovo, and, according to media reports, has even demanded that the Serbian occupier return to Kosovo. He says he was born in Peja and that he now lives in Vojvodina, however, he refers to Serbia as his homeland, reports A2 CNN. Demo Berisha served in the Serbian Armed Forces from 1982 to 2005 when he retired, and has been decorated several times as a soldier. He has been constantly engaged in politics and very close to the current Serbian president, and is even a member of the Initiative Committee for the establishment of the Movement for the People and the State, which is considered to be Aleksandar Vučić’s new party, reports A2 CNN.
For years, he has called Kosovo “Kosovo and Metohija” and claims that he is not the only Albanian in Serbia who thinks so. For this reason, he says that in 2014, he created a non-governmental organization in Serbia called “The Motherland of Albanians in Serbia.”
According to an article in the media “Telegrafi”, Demo Berisha, who published a magazine and dedicated the cover to the 100th anniversary of the Serbian army’s passage through Albania, praised Esat Pasha Toptani for his support for the Serbs. This seems to be his ideological connection with Aleksandër Vulin, who in France paid homage to Esat Pasha Toptani’s grave, calling him a “hero of Serbia”.
