Carla Del Ponte: Haradinaj does not deserve prime minister's post

Carla Del Ponte, former chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia from 1999-2007, says in an exclusive interview for Ora News there is still much work to be done in connection with the punishment of war crimes in the former Yugoslavia. Carla Del Ponte: From the Balkan war, the international court of the former Yugoslavia defeated 160 top responsible [...]
Carla Del Ponte: From the Balkan war, the international court of the former Yugoslavia defeated 160 top political and military responsible, not those who committed crimes, but from those who sat at the table and who organised have decided, have planned crimes. But there are also those who have committed these crimes, against whom the national system must be taken. Admittedly, there is enough to be done in this regard, so we are not at an ideal level. I don't know what is happening now in Bosnia and Herzegovina or Serbia, but I think there is still to work. Let's see.
Carla Del Ponte questions Kosovo's existence as a state, as well as considers Kosovo Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj's post unjust.
Carla Del Ponte: I mean Haradinaj does not deserve this position he deserves today. He was sentenced by The Hague tribunal, and unfortunately the Court of Appeals released him. But I was no longer the chief prosecutor. It is a grave thing to see that he has been sentenced to the first degree, but Kosovo is already an extraordinary thing. Kosovo is privileged with its recognition as a state which I think has been quite hasty. It was when we started our investigation that we had a big problem, because nobody wanted us to make these investigations. In Kosovo it has yet to be seen what is being done, and for me, Kosovo is still a question.
Who today, though, are the great losers?
Carla Del Ponte: I cannot say today that I don't know, but I do know that the indensities of my book and indensible today in Syria, starting with President Assad and all other political and military responsibilities of the Assad regime, all crimes committed by terrorist groups, rebel groups and opposition groups. Our investigation commission has identified how, from one side to another, crimes are committed daily and there is no justice in Syria.
One of the most serious charges made during her work as chief criminal prosecutor in the former Yugoslavia is the famous yellow house in the village of Gurgre in Burrel, where according to Carla Del Ponte was a clantine clinic used to transplant the bodies of 300 Serb civilians kidnapped by the KLA.
Carla del Ponte: Let's not talk about that yellow house. In that yellow house we tried to make an investigation, but we couldn't do it. Then came Dick Marty's report to the Council of Europe that confirmed everything. And now there's a Kosovo Court, and I haven't heard he's done anything, and I doubt he'll be able to clear this story. So as far as I was concerned, they wouldn't let us do this investigation and we couldn't make this investigation, so I confessed to the fact in my first book “juetia, me and the war criminals.” Let's see what happened, but for my work experience I know the more time it takes to get the matter cleared up.
In today's world, is there impunity because there is no consciousness, no justice, or the power to carry it out?
Carla Del Ponte: Today, there is impunity because there is no political will. International justice exists, exists, and will continue to exist. Justice for the victims will be served if there is political will in the countries, and especially the UN Security Council political will.











