Serbia: MP “caught” watching porn in Parliament and resigned

Serbian lawmaker resigned today after a video was released showing him looking at porn during a tumultuous parliamentary session last week, state television reported.

A video that went viral after it was posted on social media shows Zvonimir Stević, 65, watching porn on his phone during heated talks on normalizing relations between Belgrade and Kosovo, the former southern province of Serbia. .

The one in question Member of Parliamenta veteran of the Socialist Party — a minority party in the ruling coalition — is himself originally from Kosovo and was for a time a deputy minister for the territory that declared independence in 2008.

The incident drew strong criticism from the ruling Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), while the MP’s own party demanded his resignation.

During the same session, there were riots when nationalist opposition MPs rose to raise banners denouncing “treason” before being pushed back by members of President Aleksandar Vucic’s SNS.

Serbia and Kosovo are under intense pressure from the West to strike a deal to ease their strained relations as war rages in Ukraine following Russia’s invasion.

Serbia continues to refuse to recognize the independence of Kosovo, which was declared by the Albanian majority there in 2008. Backed by Russia and China, Serbia prevents Pristina from joining a number of international organizations, including UN.