On the fifth day of closing statements in the trial of former KLA leaders, attorney Chad Mair, representing Rexhep Selimi, continued his address to the court.
Mair stated that in early 1998, the KLA did not have a structured chain of command, but rather consisted of local guerrilla units operating independently and in a horizontal manner.
“Many KLA soldiers, including commanders, were unaware of the existence of the General Staff or its members. The operational zones were still forming and unstructured in early 1998. There was no chain of command; it was a collection of local units, guerrilla units that operated independently and horizontally, without cohesion or uniformity. Within the General Staff at this time, there was no true command structure, and responsibilities were not clearly defined,” Mair explained.
