Does President Thaci hide behind the veterans' petition for the Special Court?

President Hashim Thaci has historically shown proximity to the associations of war veterans. But is this petition also a product of his request, and is the head of state using war associations?

At a conference that was held in October for presenting the report on public perception of the Special Court, the country's president had launched an offensive to this court, which is officially known as the Special Chambers.

According to the president, the Special Court cannot be fair, since it will deal exclusively with alleged crimes committed by the Kosovo Liberation Army, even though thousands of crimes committed against Albanians were never tried in the 1998 war.

The Special Court also sees UCK's veterans, who are in the square continuing to collect 10,000 signatures, by which they want to initiate a change of law on the Special Court.

UCK) OVL chief Hysni Gucati, on Friday when the petition began, said they received the support of the entire political scene, but not to mention names.

Gucati has said that their petition has no political background, and that they have not spoken with political representatives about the changes they are asking for. He mentioned names, but said neither Ramush Haradinaj nor Kadri Veselini nor Hashim Thaci stand behind this initiative.

Prime Minister Haradinaj, who also considers the Special Court unjust but also unchanged, has spoken of this petition. He said he didn't sign this petition because it's not behind him.

I understand their concern and disagreement. I have been declared that as president of government, Kosovo will not fail. I think there's a lot of injustice to this court. I think the decision to establish the Court cannot change”, Haradinaj said in the interactive KTV.

The presidency has not responded to the issue, writes Express.

But, analyst Astrit Gashi says there are important political figures behind this petition anyway. According to him, war - torn organisations have been constantly used by political scenes. Gashi believes KLA veterans have the support of senior political officials. According to him, they did not launch the requirement for legal changes at their own hands.

This is not the initiative of the veterans. Of course it is politically supported and supported, potentially, by the most powerful people in politics”, it is expressed

Gashi takes into account the activities of veterans whose political scenes have always been behind him, while he believes there is a goal, both political and political, to change the Constitutional Court law.

Even this, according to analyst Gashi, politicians interested in changing the Special Court law want to do so by the end of this year.

The Serbians were tried, and perhaps a little was affected by the competencies of the trial and imprisonment of those who could convict” are political goals, covered with the official request of veterans, Gashi says.

The Special Court was approved by the Assembly of Kosovo in August 2015, while its chase items will largely be former KLA leaders against whom the former European Council rapporteur, Swiss senator Dick Marty, had raised doubts about war crimes and organ trafficking.

It has been functional, while the first charges are expected to rise in the coming year.