He was re-elected to the position following the 2013 Brussels Agreement but refused to take the formal oath of office as the document was in the name of the Republic of Kosovo, which Serbia does not recognize.
This action, ultimately unsuccessful, was met with strong opposition from the local Serb community, which established roadblocks in the area.
In this capacity, he took part in the discussions that led to the 2013 Brussels Agreement, which normalized some relations between the governments of Serbia and Kosovo without resolving the status of the territory.
[8] He rejected accusations from the rival Democratic Party of Serbia that he was in a conflict-of-interest situation by virtue of serving as both mayor and deputy director.
[18] Pantić received the 160th position on the Progressive Party's Aleksandar Vučić — Future We Believe In electoral list for the national assembly in the 2014 Serbian parliamentary election.
[19] He narrowly missed direct election when the list won a landslide victory with 158 mandates and was able to enter the assembly on 26 August 2014 as the replacement for another party member.
[21] This resolution, which was not passed by the Serbian parliament, was a response to calls for a motion specifically condemning the crimes committed by Serb forces in the Srebrenica massacre.