Rivers fall asleep after seven years: Politics did not allow war crimes investigation

State chief prosecutor Aleksandar Lumezi has said they have not succeeded in tackling war crimes since political will has been lacking. That's what he's saying after seven years of mandate, when he's even at his conclusion.

The show on “Calxon Permission” added that internationals have also created a perception that cases cannot be handled by local judges. “There was no clear political will for handling war crimes because we would have the largest budget for increasing the number of prosecutors under the Special Prosecutor for these cases”, he said.

Internationals have created an awareness and a perception that local prosecutors and judges are unable to handle these cases.

why they are ethnically influenced and do not have sufficient capacity”, Lumez added. Lumezi argued that the new governance has increased the budget for prosecutors under the war crimes department. “With LVV we have another situation, as it has increased the budget for prosecutors under the War Crimes Department, for four more”, he added.

Alexander Lumezi stressed that UNMIK and EULEX prosecutors have not succeeded in handling war crimes cases.