Kosovo’s ruling party, Vetëvendosje (VV), has strongly opposed the Special Prosecution’s request for 45-year prison sentences against former leaders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), describing the move as a political intervention aimed at rewriting history.
According to VV, the KLA’s resistance against Serbian violence cannot be classified as criminal activity, emphasizing that Kosovo’s liberation should not be considered a crime.
The party also argued that the Special Court was established based on international political interests rather than a genuine pursuit of justice.
In its official reaction, VV stated that the prosecution’s demand for maximum sentences is not an effort to deliver justice but a political action intended to distort historical truth. The party reiterated that Milosevic’s Serbia committed genocide in Kosovo, adding that the KLA fought to defend the population against genocidal plans and actions using all available means.
Vetëvendosje further criticized claims suggesting that the targeting of individuals during the war was part of a broader, centrally commanded operation by KLA leadership. The party described such allegations as a discursive operation that attempts to remove the political context of the war and replace it with an abstract criminal framework, portraying resistance as an organized criminal project.
VV also stressed that crimes against humanity require state-level structures, systematic violence, and enforcement mechanisms, arguing that the KLA never possessed or implemented such structures or plans. The party maintained that no KLA unit ever operated with the intention or methodology associated with crimes against humanity.
