“The former KLAs, who are being tried in The Hague, have served their country and their people.“In a campaign for the October 12 local elections, the head of the Alliance for the Future of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, who was also part of the KLA and in 2012 was acquitted by the Hague Tribunal for War Crimes, demanded the release of Hashim Thaci, Kadri Veseli, Jakup Krasniqi and Rexhep Krasniqi Kosovo’s specialized crimes against humanity and war crimes during the last war in Kosovo.
“Listen to these statements and pronouncements they are making there in litigation. They are away and we first want to release those who are being tried. They are our comrades. They are Albanians. Come in their place. But it is interesting that there, in the way you are said, believe me, nothing is extraordinary. We have been at that time. We served the country. That’s what it was and it should have been working that way, but even at this time we try to finish the vision work that even after 20-30 years, when we explain these processes, to come out to serve the country. We have served the people. Even at that time there were criticism, we were not understood, so even at the time of being talked about, even these stages of government sometimes when I was a head of government, it is not everything that praises me. They praise me for the army, for Trepca, but there were people who have caught me in a move or estimated that it was not necessary, but they are part of the processes we do with allies and partners. Once all these will be proven that we have made for the people of the country,“He said
The trial against former President Hashim Thaci, former parliamentarians Jakup Krasniqi and Kadri Veseli, and former MP Rexhep Selimi began in April 2023, while in custody since November 2020.
These days have begun their testimonies called by witnesses called by the defensive teams of four former KLAs.
Journalist: Elda Pepa
