Lushtaku's exile for Rysonon addresses Haradinaj and Wessel: Double standards have touched my marrow

MP The PDK, Mergim Lushtaku, has commented on the issue of Nenad Ricalos, the Serbian Agriculture Minister for whom a long session was held today, if it should be fired due to war crimes charges in Kosovo.

Lushtaku has said that justice should not be applied with double standards, citing the case of Sami Lushtak, who was charged with an existing murder and Sylejman Selimi who was sentenced for a slap and many others held in prisons, writes Indexline.

He has even cited war crimes in Kosovo and its consequences. With this Lushatku said that the bodies of justice should make the final decision, and if declared guilty, he should get what he deserves according to the law.

While adding that people who are leading the war like Ramush Haradinaj's Kadri Veselini should not allow a war criminal who has committed crimes on the Albanian population to be part of the government cabinet.

His full post:

Rikalos case

Although I had never wanted my first reaction as an MP to relate to this topic, but I think that justice should not be implemented by double standards and that exactly the double standard has touched me in the marrow, my family and many other families in Kosovo. For all of you who may have forgotten:

I would like to remind you of my father's case, Sami Lushtaku, who was charged and blamed for an existence murder and command responsibility, but thank God he was acquitted of such charges. Then, Command of The KLA, Sylejman Selimi, was convicted of a slap, and many others being held in prisons unjustly and innocently. Although almost 20 years have passed since the war and its horrors that all of us have experienced. More and less, we know what the Serbian regime in Kosovo has done, where each family has been damaged either in people or in the property it has possessed.

I was killed by my only uncle, who left eight orphans behind, about 100 people, innocent civilians, of my Serbian regime, were killed, including my cousin. Protecting the threshold of the house and their honour, the Serbian criminal regime killed and then massacred the Jashar family. And such crimes and atrocities must be brought to justice. A war criminal, who has an indictment by the prosecution who is convicted by justice bodies, will not support his position in the Government of Kosovo a minute, whoever he is.

Even in the case of accused Nenad Ricalo, on the basis of the final decision that justice bodies will bring, I will support that verdict. I believe in my country's justice organs. I don't want to prejudge or influence the court's decision, but mentioned as to whether he is personally in a crime or had command responsibility, then he has to get what he deserves according to the law. If there is undeniable evidence proving guilt or otherwise to Rikallo, I am to enforce justice on it, not because it is Serbian ethnicity, because nothing is against Serbs, because I am racist, but we are all citizens of the Republic of Kosovo, so the law should be worth the same for all of us.

Justice must be implemented without any kind of preference, and must be shown ruthlessly for those who committed crimes in Kosovo.

Encourage justice bodies to do their work to conform to the country's legal infrastructure, and to bring to justice all those who have terrified the innocent population in Kosovo and those who have committed crimes to receive due punishment.

It should be made clear in front of everyone, even before the world who was the aggressor and who was the victim in Kosovo. Justice must eliminate the mist still prevalent in Kosovo unfortunately.

Without wanting to prejudge the final decision of justice bodies in the case of Ricalo, if he was convicted, and in advance he had information about him in involvement in the Kosovo war, what do we say to those who have co-operated and co-founded organisations that have functioned freely in Kosovo?

I believe that the people who led the war, being willing to sacrifice the most expensive thing, their lives, including Ramush Haradinaj's Kadri Veselin, will not allow a war criminal who committed crimes on the Albanian population to be part of the government cabinet.