The Prime Minister of Albania, Edi Rama, has expressed his support for the protest held today by the veterans of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in “Skënderbeu” Square in Prishtina.
Through a statement on Facebook, Rama expressed surprise that the Assembly of Kosovo has not yet taken institutional steps in the form of a resolution condemning the violations of the rights of Hashim Thaçi and his fellow fighters.
Full statement:
“I keep asking myself why the Assembly of Kosovo has not yet raised its voice through a resolution—beyond party lines—that outlines the many factual violations of the basic democratic standards of due legal process by the Hague Tribunal, where the rights of Hashim Thaçi and his companions, who have been isolated from the world for years now, have been trampled upon as if they mean nothing?
Naturally, if the Assembly of Kosovo were to adopt such an overdue resolution, we would immediately engage the Albanian Parliament to vote on the same text and to convey the voice of all Albanians to every democratic state that sponsors the Tribunal, and which must not tolerate any violation—let alone the destruction—of due legal process with the financial contributions of its own taxpayers.
Yes, freedom has a name and it is not guilty.”
