A Serbian lawmaker resigned on Tuesday after a video of him watching pornography during a tense parliamentary session circulated online this week, state broadcaster RTS reported.
Video footage posted online showed Zvonimir Stevic watching porn on his phone during a heated debate in parliament last week, where lawmakers were discussing a potential deal related to the breakaway province of Kosovo.
The executive of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party scolded Stevic for “watching pornographic films” during the session which also saw several MPs physically clash.
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The 65-year-old Kosovo native is a veteran member of the Socialist Party – the junior member of Serbia’s ruling coalition – and was also urged to resign by his own party leadership after the video went viral.
Serbia and Kosovo are under increasing pressure from Western countries to reach an agreement that would normalize relations between the two sides.
Serbia still refuses to recognize the government of the former Albanian-majority province – which declared independence in 2008 – and with the support of powerful allies like Russia and China has prevented the region from joining several international institutions, including the UN.
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