President of Kosovo: Thaci for war crimes accused

The indictment of the Hague Tribunal for Kosovo shall submit to the Kosovar President Hashim Thaçi war crimes and crimes against humanity to the load. The indictment has yet to be confirmed by a judge before it can come to a process. Thaçi was at the time of the Kosovo war 1999 political spokesman and chief negotiator of the "liberation army of Kosovo" (UCK). The indictment accuses Thaçi and several other persons, to be for almost 100 murders.

Michael Martens

a correspondent for Southeast European countries with headquarters in Vienna, Austria.

The victims of the other Thaçi for the alleged crime of "hundreds" of Albanians, Serbs, Roma and members of other ethnic groups. The draft indictment includes ten points. Among other things, it comes to murder, torture and persecution. The prosecution was sure to be able to all the allegations in court to prove it.

the charge is already on 24. April; you was not initially made public. If you have decided now to the publication before a judge have decided about the adoption, so therefore, because Thaçi have tried to block the work of the court "and to undermine". You think, Thaçi had led a "secret campaign" against the Kosovo Tribunal with the aim of it is to be abolished.

In a conversation with the F. A. Z., which was taken at the end of last week, had Thaçi rejected rumors that he is seeking Amnesty for war crimes, decided. This was in his talks with the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vučić, "never", theme: "We have not discussed a topic and will discuss it never."

The 2015 in The Hague-appointed special court that deals specifically with crimes to have been committed by members of the KLA during the war. During the war in 1999, only 31-year-old Thaci was a leader of the KLA, in their ranks but not the Supreme decision-making power, such as, among others, the then us Secretary of state Madeleine Albright is holding in her memoirs firmly.

among the accused is also the former President of Parliament, Kadri Veseli, also a KLA Veteran. Him and Thaçi is accused of, among other things, to have investigations hampered. According to the notification of the Prosecutor, the proposed indictment is the result of a "lengthy investigation".