KLA veterans react to statements by Special Court chief

Special Court Chairman Ekaterina Trendafilova, on her first visit to Pristina, has talked about the arrest procedures and detention of former KLA members, against whom alleged war crimes charges will be filed.

On the other hand, O Chairman VL-KLA, Hysni Gucati of Trandafilova's statement that the Special Court will follow individuals rather than KLA, has called them futile because it is the very individuals who have formed the Kosovo Liberation Army, and that every sentence of theirs is condemned even the KLA's own liberation war.

We are not against the courts, but we are against this injustice in this case as Special Court, which is completely biased because it will only follow former KLA members. We've never missed a court, but we're against this court being outside Kosovo's territory, because it had to work with the prosecutor and the judge. Trendafilova's arrival has not surprised us or opposed this visit, but we are against the purpose of this court's claims, which we don't believe at all because it's unfair because its formation was made for Serbia's”, Gucati told Indesksonline.

As for the reaction of Kosovo Assembly deputies, where some of them issued the hall in a form of discontent with the tribunal, Gucati has said their actions are in vain because Kosovo Assembly deputies themselves have voted the Special Court, and this, according to him, should be in the conscience of MPs themselves indiscriminately whose party they are.

The Trendalifova Declarations that this court will follow individuals rather than KLA are futile because individuals formed it NLA, she didn't drink from heaven. They have been the same individuals who have been followed and contributed to The KLA and for this country, because any punishment of former members would mean the KLA war itself, Gucati said.