subject to grenade attack in Kosovo's Parliament, in oblivion

The four accused during the time they were arrested and a trial process has been held against them have been activists of the Vetevendosje Movement.

Two of them, MP Frasher Krasniqi and Adea Batusha, have joined the Social Democrat Party, while Father and Arifi and Egzon Haliti continue to be part of Vetevendosje.

In addition to dragging this case from the first instance, the Special Prosecutor has not yet appointed the prosecutor of this subject, as the prosecutor who was then involved with this subject Abdurrahim Islam has retired.

And this neglect, it is seen as a failure of the judiciary to address the priority subject, while the accused side is considering it a subject that is no longer interesting anyone.

Left pending on the case, the accused, who is also PSD deputy, Frasher Krasniqi, sees as a clear sign that this judicial substance has been political.

According to him, the verdict was political, so even judges are reluctant to retrial their subject, because the final verdict will be their innocence.

“Eight months ago, the Court of Appeals has turned into retrial the subject against us because it has found absolute lack of evidence in all the points in which the Constitutional Court was called, and this case has not continued at all, that there was actually eight months no one has contacted anything in this case that, in my opinion, is a clear indication that this process has been political, the decision has been political, and that the future verdict can only be innocence if based on the decision of the Court of Appeals, so there is no interest from judges or prosecutors to continue and that case since it would be forced to issue an innocent verdict, Krasni.

MP Krasniqi's lawyer, Tome Gashi, said the subject of activists is no longer somebody's priority, as he says through this trial there has been a tendency to tarnish the Vetevendosje Movement.

According to him, the Constitutional Court in Pristina has given priority to other subjects. He adds that they have no information on whether this body has asked the Special Prosecutor for the fulfillment of the indictment or not.

Because the Special Prosecutor who has now represented the indictment in this court since I know he is now retired, we have no knowledge that the prosecution was asked by the court to fulfill the indictment with other evidence, or the court will officially do so during the review, or the trial which will be held. It seems to be ironicly saying that following the activists of Vetevendosje is not somebody's priority, and that may be one of the reasons why no session has been scheduled for eight months since the case has been restored to retrial and restoration. Of course, the moment the court will establish this, we will have additional knowledge that new evidence required by the court or prosecution to have a fair and legal decision in the future. . The Constitutional Court in Pristina is especially charged with part of the subjects where most are subjects targeted by the European Union dealing with the issue of visa liberalisation”, Gashi said.

The Pristina Constitutional Court in a response to Kosova Prees has said court hearings for the activists' case would soon be scheduled for the attack on the Kosovo Assembly building.

“has not yet been set due to the burden of the judge's work on this case, but the trial hearing on this subject is expected to be set soon”, said in response.

The failure to set up the session for activists charged with carrying out terrorist attacks by the Kosovo Institute for Justice is seen as a failure of the judiciary.

Betim Musliu of this Institute said this subject should be handled with priority, as Pristina's Constitutional Court has also committed violations of legal deadlines.

The trial has never been stated that why a review of one of the most sensitive cases that has yet been discussed, but we consider that this case had to be addressed and should be addressed with absolute priority in knowing the role and importance of this judicial process, because it relates to another dimension that is related to the representative of political parties, so in this case, the judiciary is failing to treat it with priority as required to give an answer through justice... in this case we have violations of the legal deadlines to resume this judicial process that has been returned from the Court of Apel in this case, so that the basic judges who have no reason to start this matter and that no reason is immediately stated because there is no reason for you.

According to Musliu, the retirement prosecutor's arrival presents no problem for the subject, as the same subject may inherit another prosecutor without problems.

That the matter of Vetevendosje activists should be treated with priority and KMDLNJ chairman Behxhet Shala says.

He doubts the Pristina Foundation Court is deliberately dragging the investigative process.

“It's not good for either the Parliament or other institutions to work on people suspected of serious criminal acts against the state, but on the other hand it's not good that as many indictees or convicts are dragged unless they make a decision for officials, and you see that with themselves having returned from the Court of Appeals there, it has concluded that something is not right and I think it can still be a political game, which keeps these under pressure that are condemned or charged<1> says Shala.

Kosova Prerses for several weeks has been awaiting answers from the Special Prosecutor, whether the prosecutor has been appointed case for the attack on the Assembly, the substance that has returned to the retrial, but has not received an answer in a few weeks.

Otherwise, on February 26th of this year, the Court of Appeals retriald the case against four activists charged with grenade attack in August 2016 at the Kosovo Assembly building. This accused attack included Astrit Dehari, who died on November 5, 2016, under suspicious circumstances in Prizren prison.

Pristina's Constitutional Court last November had sentenced At and Arifin to six years in prison, MP Frasher Krasniqi to eight years in prison, Egzon Halitin to 5 and a half years in prison, and Adea Batusha to 2 years in prison.