A large number of citizens gathered tonight in Belgrade and in Kosovska Mitrovica, where 1.000 candles were symbolically lit on the occasion of 1.000 days since the murder of Kosovo politician Oliver Ivanovic.
In front of St. Mark's Church in Belgrade, a large number of people paid their respects to Oliver Ivanović, the leader of the Civic Initiative "Freedom, Democracy and Justice", who was killed on January 16, 2018 in North Kosovska Mitrovica, and the killers have not been found even today.
In front of the church, as reported by the media, were also the leaders of the United Opposition of Serbia, which called for a rally, symbolically called "1.000 candles for 1.000 days of silence".
In Kosovska Mitrovica, several dozen citizens, family members and friends lit candles for Oliver Ivanovic, in Sutjeska Street, where Ivanovic was killed with multiple shots in the back, Kossev reported.
The president of the European Movement of Serbs from Kosovo, Rada Trajković, told Kossev that citizens did not respond in large numbers out of fear, and explained why she responded to the call.
"To be with these Serbs in North Mitrovica and these people who came, and to see how peaceful Mitrovica is, the result - not of their not participating in the pain for Oliver, but of the fear of Vučić and the regime in Belgrade to appear in greater numbers , in the one in which they appeared when Oliver was sent away, unfortunately, from this city," said Trajković.
Oliver's friend Dejan Nedeljković said that although there were not 1.000 people, 1.000 candles were lit, which showed that they were with his family.
"Oliver will live as long as we live here, we will remember his work because thanks to him we are here tonight and we are in the north of Kosovo," said Nedeljković and emphasized that "if Oliver had not been there when the riots were happening in Mitrovica, the people of Mitrovica would not have been there either." in these areas".
The initiator of this gathering, Marko Jakšić, wrote on his Facebook profile, "1.000 candles for 1.000 days of silence about Oliver's painful liquidation and in Kosovska Mitrovica at the place of suffering. No, there were not 1.000 of us because so many people with the attitude in this city of lost souls and sea of fear, there are no ".
Oliver Ivanović's brother, Miroslav, told N1 today that he doubts the sincere desire to solve the murder and that even though the whole story is complex, there is obviously a special interest in not revealing it.
"In a thousand days, regardless of the complexity of that work, I am firmly convinced that all of this could have been carried out much faster and more operatively, so that the executors and the principals, as well as all those who in what way did they help in the execution of that act," said Ivanovic, who is a judge by the way.
The indictment in the Ivanović case was filed by the Special Prosecutor's Office in Pristina in December 2019, and it contained the names of the accused for criminal offenses related to organizing and assisting in the execution of a murder.
In the meantime, the indictment was sent back for retrial, based on the decision of the Appellate Court, which accepted the appeals of the defense of the accused.
Despite the parallel investigations of Belgrade and Pristina and the indictment, to this day neither the person who ordered nor the perpetrator of Oliver Ivanovic's murder is known.
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