September 1999 Document: Hashim Thaci went to Prekaz to seek support from Rifat Jashari

That is how a document from the aforementioned date was read today during the testimony of Jokk Covey at the Specialised Chambers of Kosovo in The Hague.

Pos Jashar, the document said Thaci went to meet another KLA commander in Drenica.

“KLA has been disbanded in some parties, party The PBD, which was run by Bardhil Mahmut, and which was more prominent in the way it managed to attract the support of many respected KLA representatives and commanders. Hashim Thaci, Kosovo's interim prime minister, who was not recognised by UNMIK, announced that he too would form his political party without detail. He visited the village of Prekazi, where he met with Rifat Jashar, the only surviving brother of Adem Jashar's family. The support of the Yashar family would be an advantage in the election. He also met with KLA's Drenica commander, but had divisions between Thaci and Mahmut, who has his supporters within the KLA segment. However, these are new political players, and it is not clear what political agenda they will be at”, the document read.

American Witness Jock Covey said: “could be expected for a politician to meet with the electors, however, if I had read such information at the time, I would have been surprised because it didn't seem natural to me that it was”.

Besides, Covey confirmed that during that time, there was information that there was some kind of rift within the KLA.

“We had information that had no clear consensus among the top individuals of the KLA, there was a kind of division, but we didn't know how much this division was. We were informed that there was no consensus among top KLA leaders”, Covey said, announces Clankosova.tv, broadcasts Periscope.