Defiant Serbs inaugurate Kosovo 'parliament'

0 Comments | AFP, June, 2008

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA (AFP) — Kosovo's Serbs inaugurated their own assembly Saturday in defiance of the United Nations and Kosovo's Albanian majority who proclaimed independence four months ago.

The Serb "parliament" draws its membership from delegates elected in Serbia's general and municipal election in May -- a crossover denounced as illegal by the UN and Kosovan authorities.

The parliament has officially dubbed itself the Assembly of the Union of Municipalities of the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and drafted what it sees as its mandate.

"The parliament adopts legislative measures, resolutions and has the right to propose for adoption new laws important to the life of citizens... to the parliament of the Republic of Serbia," its statement said.

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