450 prisoners request the president's pardon

Thousands of prisoners serve sentences in Kosovo prisons for their actions.

And every time a party comes, their eyes are directed by the president of the country.

Even this year, 450 have applied for forgiveness.

This was disclosed, through a written answer, by the Kosovo Correcting Service.

Meanwhile, under the regulation for the forgiveness of convicted persons, those who are denied this right are those who the parole panel has refused parole, those charged with criminal acts against the constitutional order and security of the Republic of Kosovo, criminal acts against humanity, as well as persons who were denied by special law.

Meanwhile, in the Council for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms, they say that even when this right has been exploited by the presidents, forgiveness has been symbolic.

The number of people deprived of freedom, who have benefited from the forgiveness of presidents. He was too small. However, even those forgivenesss that have been made have been symbolic”, Valentina Demolli of KMDLNJ said.

According to Demolli '% Koliqi, the one who mostly exploited this right was incumbent President Jakup Krasniqi.

And of all this, according to the KMDLNJ, is the Kosovo Correcting Service, which is suffering the most.

Meanwhile, even at the Kosovo Institute for Justice, they say that the forgiveness of convicts is a right the president can exploit, but not binding.

But, according to Betim Musliu from this institute, even when this right has been used, major violations have been made.

Such is the case when convicts were pardoned by two former presidents, Jakup Krasniqi and Fatmir Sejdiu.

“are pardoned convicted of trafficking with human beings. Also, murders that have been contrary to the Law of Forgiveness, where the burden of crime is an estimated criterion. Based on all the practice, it turns out”, Musley said.

For this, T7 has also asked the Kosovo Presidency, whether the country's president Hashim Thaci plans to forgive convicts, or whether any commission has been formed on the issue,

But the latter have not returned a response to television.

Meanwhile, within the year, there is no specific date on which the president's condemned persons are pardoned.

But such pardons in Kosovo, mostly occur at the end of the year, or with important dates like that of February 17th.

Otherwise, last year, Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has cleared several months of the sentence of four convicts.

And the first to begin this was former President Fatmir Sejdiu in 2009 on the occasion of marking the anniversary of Kosovo's independence.