20 minutes agoHaradinaj: 11 years ago I took the act of innocence, today I believe the purity of my fellow fighters will be proven
Periskopi(3 years ago)
(3 years ago)Alliance for the Future of Kosovo Chairman Ramush Haradinaj has said that 11 years ago he has taken the plea for charges of alleged war crimes and breaking the laws and customs of war from The Hague. On November 17, 2004, I had resigned from the prime minister's post to report for interview [...]
On November 17th, 2004, I had resigned from the prime minister's post to appear for interview with The Hague prosecutors in Pristina as war crimes suspect and violation of the laws and customs of war. After receiving the first indictment, a lengthy judicial process began. From that day until November 29, 2012, legal prosecution continued. Although I was released in my first act as an innocent man, after several years I returned to retrial for a second time. This entire court process lasted more than eight years, where, ultimately today 11 years ago, I took the plea of innocence which sealed my innocence and my fellow fighters for the fair and clean fight of the KLA”, he wrote in a post in “Facebook”
He said he hopes that as it was the verdict in his favour, even now the innocence of the accused by the Special Prosecutor in The Hague will be proven.
His total position:
Dear citizens,
On November 17th 2004, I had resigned from the prime minister's post to appear for interviews with The Hague prosecutors in Pristina as a war crimes suspect and violation of the laws and customs of war.
After receiving the first indictment, a lengthy judicial process began. From that day until November 29, 2012, legal prosecution continued. Although I was released in my first act as an innocent man, after several years I returned to retrial for a second time.
This entire court process lasted more than eight years, where, ultimately today 11 years ago, I took the plea of innocence which sealed my innocence and my fellow fighters for the fair and clean war of the KLA.
In this process of establishing justice, I was never left alone. I was close to my family, to fellow fighters, to all citizens and diaspora, but our institutions, even though we were not independent in the first part.
We also had the feeling that delayed justice is denied, yet when it came there was great relief, relief from the injustices that occurred during the process.
I also believe today that the innocence and purity of fellow fighters facing the next challenge in The Hague will be proven. They went as rescuers there, they'll be back!
