Selimi believes in Thaci's innocence: Special rushed with the release of the statement, produced political effects

President Hashim Thaci has been interviewed by the Special Prosecutor at The Hague, days after the indictment for war crimes was handed over to him, which has not yet been confirmed. Justice Minister Selim Selim Selimi, in an interview for Online Economy, expects the head of state as well as all KLA leaders to prove innocent, adding that the KLA war is clean. According to him, the statement that was issued long ago about the indictment against President Thaci and PDK chairman Kadri Wessel has produced political effect. According to him, it has not been good by the court to issue such statements when the country has needed to negotiate with Serbia at the White House.

The statement that was issued long ago that there is an indictment under consideration I think the time of releasing that statement has produced political effect and I think it has not been good by the court to issue such statements when the country needs to negotiate with Serbia at the White House”.

The president has himself announced that today he will be interviewed in Specialised Chambers there, and the reason for the interview has been invited and for which case, I think the KLA war is pure war and has been confirmed several times even by the court since every time a leader is called The KLA will prove innocent”. The release of such statements did not do good to the country's legal or political flows, and our leaders' willingness to face justice is admirable because it shows that everyone believes in the purity of the KLA”, Selimi added. Among other things, Selimi the Law for the help of potential accused persons is envisioned to help the accused and their families. Minister Selimi stressed that over 6m euros have been earmarked in the budget, which will be spent on the accused, reports EO.“, when both the constitutional amendment and the Law for Specialised Chambers has been approved and the law for assistance of potential persons accused of specialised rooms has been passed. There they are expected to help potential indictees and families make visits to them”.

We have completed all the secondary legislation and administrative guidelines in Government that we will vote on, because those guidelines are technical issues of payment and support of potential indictees and their families. In the budget we have over 6m euros shared with these recovery fund cuts, which will be spent on potential indictees”, he added.