Dacic: Our duty is to protect our holy sites, most of them are in Kosovo-Metohija

RASKA - Our duty is to protect Serbian holy sites, and the majority of them are in Kosovo-Metohija, Socialist Party of Serbia (SPS) leader Ivica Dacic said on Thursday during a visit to Raska, southwestern Serbia, ahead of the December 17 elections.

He said he was honoured to be in Raska, the centre of Serbia's medieval statehood and a religious and cultural epicentre of the Serbs, the SPS said in a statement.

"The SPS policy is based on the idea of socialism and patriotism. Socialism is not associated with a one-party system, but with the possibility for all citizens to work and live a nice life off their work. That is the idea of social justice, where there used to be three or four employed people for every pensioner," Dacic said.

He said he remained an advocate of factories that were working and full of workers, free education and free health care, active cultural centres everywhere and society without crime, as well as all good values.

"Every child must have the same opportunities and chances for success, regardless of whether he or she comes from a central Serbian city or a village in the countryside," Dacic said.

"I call on you to vote not for me, but for yourselves, for your families and for the interests of Serbia, because if you vote for yourselves, I am certain that, as the leader of this (SPS electoral) list, I will have many votes," he said.