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Serbia will not let Haradinaj acquittal go quietly
Belgrade,
7 April 2008
Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica stated yesterday that Serbia will not remain quiet on the Hague Tribunal’s decision to declare war criminal Ramus Haradinaj innocent, even if the EU remains silent regarding the decision.
In a written statement, Kostunica stressed that it can be assumed that the EU thinks that its proper response is to remain silent on the Haradinaj acquittal and that it would be best if it acted as if nothing had happened.
The Hague Tribunal has erased the difference between war criminals and innocent people and thus justified the horrible crimes committed by Ramus Haradinaj, emphasised the Prime Minister and reiterated that Serbia will not accept the justification of Haradinaj’s crimes against innocent Serbs, nor will it let the matter end like any other topic in the media which lasted for a few days and was forgotten.
Since, for the EU, the Hague Tribunal is the lighthouse of European values, we must now determine with the EU whether the institution that issued the certificate of innocence to a war criminal deserves to be called a court at all, noted Kostunica.
He added that it must be determined whether even after this decision the Hague Tribunal will remain the supreme parameter for determining European standards in the EU integration process.
Serbia has the full right to persist in this matter and demand that it should be determined whether the Hague Tribunal can be called a legitimate court because that is Serbia’s obligation to all the innocent victims who have been humiliated when Ramus Haradinaj was declared innocent, stressed Kostunica.
The Hague Tribunal has erased the difference between war criminals and innocent people and thus justified the horrible crimes committed by Ramus Haradinaj, emphasised the Prime Minister and reiterated that Serbia will not accept the justification of Haradinaj’s crimes against innocent Serbs, nor will it let the matter end like any other topic in the media which lasted for a few days and was forgotten.
Since, for the EU, the Hague Tribunal is the lighthouse of European values, we must now determine with the EU whether the institution that issued the certificate of innocence to a war criminal deserves to be called a court at all, noted Kostunica.
He added that it must be determined whether even after this decision the Hague Tribunal will remain the supreme parameter for determining European standards in the EU integration process.
Serbia has the full right to persist in this matter and demand that it should be determined whether the Hague Tribunal can be called a legitimate court because that is Serbia’s obligation to all the innocent victims who have been humiliated when Ramus Haradinaj was declared innocent, stressed Kostunica.
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