Confrontation begins hearings in The Hague, Thaci's lawyer: “ (Details)

With clashes between the prosecutor and Thaci's lawyer, Mr. David Hooper has started hearings at The Hague. This, since the protection of former KLA leaders at The Hague, has complained they are not taking the materials they need for protection in the right way.

Part of the dispute between them, Periscope follows:

Prosecutor:

I don't think protection is appreciated or understood at all the hard work that these materials require. We control translation status, we do a review of these, standard and not standard editings, then categories with labels. And a final check-up of rule 107”, she said.

Of course, this requires a huge logistical burden, and despite this we are acting on”, she said.

Earlier statements of approximately a second of the witnesses in the indictment have been made available, have been issued, are part of the request we have issued. It would be ideal to have a full package of witnesses. The ZPS is in completion of materials, except for two documents, all protection requests regarding witness packages are made available. We're making materials available with speed and efficiency. 90 witnesses for Thaci's defence allegedly lack preliminary statements. As far as other material evidence is concerned, all material evidence related to Mr. Thaci's interviews has been released, only 6 of the evidence is left before he made a defense statement and request. Waiting early next week will be available

Davir Hooer:

To make it clear from the very beginning to the extent possible, I realize that there are logistical difficulties in presenting evidence to an electronic system.

In an uncooperative atmosphere, there may always be some misunderstanding on the other side.

However, we're looking for a material extraction system through which the prosecution gives the side the protection we value and I think the material is fragmented and not useful. Defense has repeatedly raised this concern.

The prosecution said oh defense is overreacting, the reality is that all these aspects are related to each other, if we want to extract materials this should be done in the most practical way. /PERISCOP/