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[00:00:21] Good evening, you are watching N1 daily, I am Maja Žeželj, this is the news
[00:00:25] of the day.
[00:00:28] Student movement. started a cycling action
[00:00:32] constitutional guardians, on their tours they carry the Constitution of Serbia
[00:00:36] and present it to the citizens.
[00:00:40] And wherever you go, this constitution should remind
[00:00:43] you of one simple thing. The state
[00:00:47] is no one's private
[00:00:49] property.
[00:00:53] And these are the other news topics in
[00:00:55] the daily.
[00:00:59] SNS. installation in a black
[00:01:02] container launched its election campaign by
[00:01:05] targeting student protests in Serbia.
[00:01:09] Blockaders are like a black box. I would say that in the coming
[00:01:12] period we will encounter a large number of such
[00:01:14] morbidities.
[00:01:18] Reactions to the verdict OveK4 sentenced and
[00:01:21] first-instance yesterday in The Hague. In Pristina
[00:01:24] a new protest, a new stoning of the government
[00:01:27] building.
[00:01:31] Confirmed for N1, the former
[00:01:34] head of the Belgrade police Veselin Milić will be tried
[00:01:37] before the First Basic Court in
[00:01:39] Belgrade.
[00:01:41] I don't think that's surprising even for those who conducted the investigation
[00:01:45] against him.
[00:01:48] Tomorrow sunny and warm, in the afternoon
[00:01:51] cloudiness, possible showers and
[00:01:54] thunder.
[00:02:03] Students are again on bicycles, carrying
[00:02:06] the constitution from Belgrade, through Subotica, Novi Sad,
[00:02:10] Užice, Kraljevo to Vranje and Kragujevac. In 10
[00:02:14] days they will visit 19 cities.
[00:02:17] This pre-election cycling tour has two branches,
[00:02:21] one goes north, and the other south of the country,
[00:02:25] at the end they will meet on September 26
[00:02:28] in Kragujevac. They started this morning from Belgrade's Republic Square.
[00:02:31] republike.
[00:02:34] It may sound unusual to send such a book on a
[00:02:37] journey from city to city, by bicycle. But
[00:02:41] the Constitution was never meant to be a book that
[00:02:44] sits on a shelf. It exists for people
[00:02:48] and wherever you go, this
[00:02:51] constitution should remind you of one simple
[00:02:54] thing. The state is no one's private
[00:02:58] property. Its all institutions belong to all
[00:03:02] citizens, and the rights written in this
[00:03:05] constitution belong
[00:03:08] Kragujevac, then the to each of us. Have a good journey constitutional guardians and remember, students
[00:03:11] win,
[00:03:16] students, students, students.
[00:03:32] "The group heading north arrived in Vršac, our
[00:03:35] Ina Džakula is there, and here
[00:03:38] we saw the students arrived in Vršac, how was their
[00:03:41] arrival?
[00:03:45] With applause, ovations and shouts, pump and students
[00:03:49] win, the cyclists, that is, students and
[00:03:52] citizens who set off on this bike tour which
[00:03:56] lasts, as you said yourself, 10 days, actually arrived
[00:03:59] ..." "they arrived on this first day
[00:04:01] "it remained a dead letter on in Vršac, every branch of the intersection near
[00:04:04] Jovan Sterija Popović elementary school here in Vršac was
[00:04:08] filled with people, and I suggest in the next few seconds you also watch and
[00:04:12] listen to how the atmosphere was during the
[00:04:15] welcome.
[00:04:18] Students win, students
[00:04:21] win.
[00:05:03] That's how it looked, so about 40 minutes ago
[00:05:07] when the cyclists arrived here in Vršac, they covered about
[00:05:11] 80 km. and they will therefore
[00:05:14] spend the night here, what are the impressions from today, that is
[00:05:17] a question for my interlocutor, with me is Vladimir Ristić, also a
[00:05:20] candidate of the student list, first of all, good day and thank you for speaking to
[00:05:24] N1 television. The first question is certainly what are your
[00:05:27] impressions, how was today's day? Well, today's
[00:05:31] day was beautiful in every sense, the whole tour
[00:05:34] that started from Belgrade who was
[00:05:38] it, beautiful energy, all
[00:05:42] the time we were. went on the wings of this youth, it's
[00:05:45] something that spreads like that flame of freedom that they
[00:05:49] lit up, which is something
[00:05:52] incredible experience and what is for
[00:05:55] me personally the greatest experience in every place where we were
[00:05:59] welcomed, we were welcomed with ovations, we were welcomed
[00:06:02] with joy, often tears, considering that
[00:06:06] we were going along a very frequent traffic
[00:06:09] route from Pančevo to Vršac, there was no... car
[00:06:13] that didn't greet us by waving, that's something that for me
[00:06:16] is better than any analysis of the current situation
[00:06:19] about this idea that we
[00:06:23] are spreading through Serbia. Did you have the opportunity to talk
[00:06:27] to the citizens and will you organize any other, let's say,
[00:06:30] activities where citizens can get in touch with those
[00:06:34] on the student list? Of course, I
[00:06:37] was in Banatski Karlovac last night
[00:06:40] uh yesterday in...
[00:06:42] "in Deliblato municipality Kovin, here I am today in Vršac, all the time
[00:06:46] we talk to people, in those places I was part of
[00:06:49] the team that presented the student
[00:06:52] plan, we talk to citizens, we inform
[00:06:55] them about the plans that are in
[00:06:59] the document that should bring them
[00:07:02] closer to the possibility of electing a student list
[00:07:06] and there are
[00:07:09] really good reactions and very positive experiences that we have..." from
[00:07:12] the field, thank you very much for all the information and for speaking to
[00:07:16] N1 television, you heard Vladimir Ristić, otherwise
[00:07:20] a candidate of the student list, students
[00:07:22] win, this, let's say, tour ended today,
[00:07:26] but it continues tomorrow, all cyclists, and those who wanted
[00:07:30] to join them, can do so tomorrow, because
[00:07:33] this tour from Vršac tomorrow goes to Zrenjanin
[00:07:37] that will be their second point on this bike
[00:07:41] tour. Thanks Tina, you saw how it was
[00:07:44] in Vršac tonight and heard our Ina
[00:07:47] Džakula, and the other branch of the cycling tour
[00:07:50] is approaching Valjevo, with them is Radovan
[00:07:53] Serlatlić from Nova television,
[00:07:56] Radovan, have you arrived in Valjevo?
[00:08:00] Yes, Majo, this is the entrance to Valjevo, it's a bit of a detour so that these
[00:08:03] streets around the city center uh
[00:08:06] are bypassed so that people can say hello, you hear sirens
[00:08:09] and you hear people, we arrived according to plan. maybe 20
[00:08:13] minutes later just here at the beginning
[00:08:16] of the daily, this was a nice easy
[00:08:20] day
[00:08:25] because,
[00:08:30] because the column is led by experienced guys with
[00:08:33] tour experience to Strasbourg, they are, as they say here, the main
[00:08:37] stewards and leaders of this
[00:08:40] column, there were about
[00:08:42] five or six hours of active riding and passing through several places
[00:08:46] like Ub and Obrenovac where there were stops for breaks with
[00:08:50] meals and people who were waiting, my
[00:08:53] estimate is that it will wind through Valjevo a little longer, in order to reach
[00:08:57] the central city square, I think it's a matter of
[00:09:00] minutes,
[00:09:04] thank you Radovan, you see that this other branch of the bike tour
[00:09:08] is slowly arriving in Valjevo, the first one has already arrived in Vršac, we
[00:09:11] will of course continue to follow
[00:09:14] it,
[00:09:17] as part of the pre-election campaign, the Serbian Progressive
[00:09:20] Party has installed a prefabricated container in the center
[00:09:24] of Kragujevac, that is, a black box called
[00:09:27] Blockader Serbia. The exhibition in
[00:09:31] the box was opened by Milenko Jovanov, a candidate on the
[00:09:34] SNS list. He says that the exhibition represents a reminder of,
[00:09:38] as he said, blockader violence during the past year and a half.
[00:09:42] With this exhibition, students are presented as
[00:09:45] perpetrators enemies,
[00:09:47] however, police brutality during the protests was not mentioned.
[00:09:51] protesta.
[00:09:54] The black box arrived in Kragujevac without announcement, assembled overnight
[00:09:58] in the square in the city center, in it a unique exhibition,
[00:10:02] stones, wooden slats, eggshells, as well as
[00:10:05] video recordings on LED screens showing violence at protests in Serbia,
[00:10:09] from the perspective of government representatives. Blockaders are like a black
[00:10:12] box, nobody knows what's inside, and when
[00:10:15] it opens, violence pops out,
[00:10:18] violence is shown, chaos is shown, blockades are shown, everyone who enters
[00:10:22] that black box, let them see for themselves. let them
[00:10:26] conclude for themselves what the blockaders were offering, so
[00:10:29] when you don't have a plan, when you don't have a program, you
[00:10:33] offer what's in the Black Box, that's
[00:10:35] violence. The exhibition in the Black Box, together with Jovanov and
[00:10:39] local SNS officials, was visited today by gathered
[00:10:42] supporters of this party, but they did not want to comment
[00:10:46] for N1. What do you think about this installation,
[00:10:50] you find someone competent, let's say so, good, but you as citizens, maybe you
[00:10:53] came to visit now. Well, we brought it too, you don't have us, okay,
[00:10:57] thank you very much, and the citizens of Kragujevac whom we found today
[00:11:01] nearby were not really interested in this
[00:11:03] exhibition, you mean Vučić's
[00:11:06] container, no way I have work, and I don't
[00:11:10] understand this, a classic provocation, let them
[00:11:13] see whoever is interested, let them go, let them watch, I'm not interested, I'm not
[00:11:17] going, presented as part of the campaign, the exhibition
[00:11:20] actually aims to present students as enemies, says
[00:11:24] Professor Nikola Vujčić from Kragujevac, a candidate on the student
[00:11:27] list, I would say that in the coming period we will encounter a large
[00:11:31] number of such morbidities, which should not
[00:11:34] attract the attention of our citizens, that is, as I said, some of their
[00:11:38] last attempts to change something, to
[00:11:42] do something, but I think it is completely
[00:11:45] useless and without any goal, because it is clear
[00:11:49] that students win, the black box which is guarded by private
[00:11:52] security and police, will be at this location
[00:11:55] for the next seven days. N1 sent an email to the city administration
[00:11:59] and the relevant inspection with a question about whether and for what period
[00:12:02] a permit was issued for the occupation of another area in the city, bearing
[00:12:06] in mind that a container of the Serbian Progressive Party has been standing
[00:12:10] in another location for a month, in the middle of the sidewalk on Kraljice
[00:12:13] Marije Boulevard. We did not receive an answer, just like the residents of the nearby
[00:12:17] building who filed a complaint with the authorities for the usurpation
[00:12:21] of space. Nataša Lazarević, N1, Kragujevac.
[00:12:26] And the continuation of the daily the continuation of the Nestorović
[00:12:29] case.
[00:12:33] After appearing in public, the president of the We, the Strength
[00:12:36] of the People movement, Branimir Nestorović publicly stated
[00:12:40] that he received a green light from the Russians to go to the elections with
[00:12:44] whomever
[00:12:45] he wants.
[00:12:48] Before that about the opposition that goes to the elections and
[00:12:52] the reactions of the President of Serbia.
[00:12:55] The European Serbia coalition is not giving up on going to the elections,
[00:12:59] it continues to collect signatures of support for its list.
[00:13:02] The leader of the Serbia Center party, Zdravko Ponoš, claims that giving up on
[00:13:06] going to the elections in the name of a referendum atmosphere
[00:13:10] makes no sense, because there is no referendum
[00:13:13] atmosphere. If the question of a referendum atmosphere is raised, why is there
[00:13:17] one or isn't there, are we destroying it or not destroying it? The referendum
[00:13:20] atmosphere died at birth. We gave it
[00:13:23] a year of commemoration, meaning the moment when you don't see that there's a referendum
[00:13:27] atmosphere, well, unfortunately, in the sense that we have one
[00:13:31] opposition political actor, that would be a referendum atmosphere, meaning
[00:13:34] an attempt to create a referendum, this is now campaigning
[00:13:38] for monism that some people are doing, I was never for monism, nor
[00:13:41] am I now, I am for us to get rid of this government and preserve
[00:13:45] the multi-party system in Serbia.
[00:13:48] Aleksandar Vučić says that many people have risen in his eyes
[00:13:52] with their decision to go to
[00:13:55] the elections, he told Informer that he is happy to see
[00:13:59] that there are opposition parties that have some
[00:14:02] courage, some personal dignity and will not allow
[00:14:06] some people to forbid them from running. Vučić
[00:14:09] accused the student movement of pressuring all political
[00:14:12] parties not to participate in the snap parliamentary
[00:14:16] elections.
[00:14:19] After confirming that he had not disappeared, Branimir
[00:14:22] Nestorović publicly stated that... that he received
[00:14:26] a green light at the Russian embassy to go to the elections
[00:14:29] with whomever he wants, and while former
[00:14:32] diplomats consider it a diplomatic scandal,
[00:14:36] the authorities in Serbia are silent, and the
[00:14:39] Russian embassy itself is silent, they did not answer
[00:14:43] N1's question whether Nestorović's claims are true and whether
[00:14:46] they violated diplomatic rules and interfered in the elections in
[00:14:50] Serbia?
[00:14:53] The search for him did not last long.
[00:14:55] "After he appeared and revealed that he had not mysteriously
[00:14:58] disappeared, Branimir Nestorović said that he was in
[00:15:01] Moscow, besides saying that he was received at a high level,
[00:15:05] it was there that he decided that his movement would participate in the elections.
[00:15:08] We are now starting the campaign, we will start
[00:15:12] with a
[00:15:15] safari, right?
[00:15:18] Since he went to Russia as the president of a movement that is
[00:15:21] a strategic partner of the Russian Federation, there he..."
[00:15:25] Sturović received a request in Serbia before the elections to gather
[00:15:28] all Russophiles and I received confirmation from the Russian
[00:15:32] embassy that I absolutely
[00:15:36] have the right to dispose of anything,
[00:15:39] including, even Vulin, he even gave up
[00:15:42] in the meantime. The fact that Russia decided how
[00:15:46] Nestorović's movement will go to the elections is at least
[00:15:50] a diplomatic scandal, according to former diplomat Srećko
[00:15:53] Đukić. Such a thing does
[00:15:56] not happen in
[00:15:59] Lukashenka's Belarus,
[00:16:01] there is no such politician,
[00:16:04] of any format,
[00:16:07] who from Belarus can go to the Russian
[00:16:11] embassy or to Russia
[00:16:13] to negotiate
[00:16:16] a political bloc, a pro-Russian political bloc that would
[00:16:20] appear in parliamentary or some
[00:16:23] other elections in Belarus.
[00:16:25] Foreign policy commentator Boško Jakšić says that it is a scandal
[00:16:29] that the Serbian authorities are silent on Russia's open interference
[00:16:32] in the electoral process in Serbia. He also reminds that
[00:16:36] President Aleksandar Vučić personally said many times that he would not
[00:16:39] allow foreign embassies to form a government in
[00:16:42] Serbia. This is undoubtedly a direct
[00:16:45] confirmation of unacceptable, audacious
[00:16:49] diplomats would probably say
[00:16:52] flagrant interference in the affairs
[00:16:55] of a foreign country, and as
[00:16:59] for Professor Nestorović, I would recommend him to change
[00:17:02] the name of the party and instead of "We, the Strength of the People"
[00:17:06] in the future to call himself "We, the Strength of Russia,"
[00:17:10] the fact that Serbia is immune to Russia's interference in the elections clearly
[00:17:14] shows the extent to which Moscow is involved in matters of
[00:17:17] internal affairs, concludes the N1 interviewee,
[00:17:21] adding that this explains why the government is silent. This
[00:17:24] shows two things, first their
[00:17:28] absolute dependence on Moscow, and
[00:17:31] second, their fear, their
[00:17:34] fear that the Russians. they cannot
[00:17:38] and must not say anything, they say nothing at the Russian
[00:17:41] embassy in Belgrade, to N1's questions, whether Branimir
[00:17:45] Nestorović's claims are true, whether they violated diplomatic
[00:17:49] rules and interfered in the elections in Serbia, we did not receive
[00:17:52] an answer, and it seems that Nestorović has disappeared again
[00:17:56] because he also did not answer our questions. Jelena Mirković,
[00:18:00] N1, Belgrade.
[00:18:03] Lustration of public officials is the second
[00:18:06] point of the student list. It
[00:18:10] explains that the actions of public officials and
[00:18:13] the responsibility of all individuals who abused
[00:18:16] their position, were steeped in corruption or violated
[00:18:20] human rights, the constitution and laws
[00:18:23] will be reviewed. Lustrare, in Latin
[00:18:27] means purification. Students promise that if
[00:18:31] they win the elections, they will purify society by
[00:18:34] reviewing the responsibility of all public officials. those steeped in
[00:18:38] corruption, abuse of office and human rights violations are what would be
[00:18:42] covered by lustration, a possible ban for 10
[00:18:45] years from holding public
[00:18:49] office, it represents the removal from political
[00:18:52] life of people who were in positions in an authoritarian
[00:18:56] regime, says the professor of constitutional law. It is not
[00:18:59] a punitive-corrective measure, but a measure to protect
[00:19:02] democracy. I think that the citizens of Serbia
[00:19:05] expect. for
[00:19:08] trust in institutions, in state
[00:19:11] institutions to be restored and in this
[00:19:14] way, meaning
[00:19:16] by prohibiting uh actors who
[00:19:19] held positions in an authoritarian regime, by prohibiting them from
[00:19:23] performing those functions and appearing in political life. Lustration has been
[00:19:27] carried out in various ways in Germany after the fall
[00:19:30] of the Berlin Wall and in most countries of the former Eastern Bloc,
[00:19:34] in Serbia after the fall of Slobodan Milošević.
[00:19:39] paper, because due to a lack of political will it was never
[00:19:43] implemented. The student list says that they have learned
[00:19:46] lessons from the past, but they do not yet reveal details
[00:19:50] of exactly how they would approach it differently. Well, I would leave that for
[00:19:54] later, given that the draft of that law is in progress, that
[00:19:57] program is really being done by people who are, I would say, experts and
[00:20:01] who have seen the flaws of the previous lustration law which was not
[00:20:04] applied, this measure can easily slide into a purge,
[00:20:08] says Professor Beširević, but it is a valuable lever when
[00:20:11] democracy is still fragile, because
[00:20:15] a balance must be found between
[00:20:18] the demand for achieving justice,
[00:20:21] which the citizens of Serbia expect, and political
[00:20:25] revanchism, so that is the one,
[00:20:29] that short, that fine balancing that needs
[00:20:32] to be found in
[00:20:35] some law or some other
[00:20:38] legal act that would enable
[00:20:42] this protection of democracy. The candidate on
[00:20:45] the student list states that the goal of lustration is the prosecution
[00:20:50] of specific individuals based on proven actions,
[00:20:53] there will be no, she says, mass dismissals or
[00:20:57] automatic disqualification. Miodrag Sovilj, N1
[00:21:01] Belgrade.
[00:21:06] And we are going to Valjevo again, the cyclists have
[00:21:09] arrived, and Radovan Seratlić is with them. Radovan, how was
[00:21:12] the welcome?
[00:21:33] but this is becoming an anthem because of the number three mentioned in the song because
[00:21:37] of the clip made by the Faculty of Dramatic Arts, this is Valjevo
[00:21:41] tonight, I'm sorry you missed
[00:21:45] the huge fireworks at the entrance to Valjevo, then there was
[00:21:47] a red carpet. the bicycle
[00:21:51] wheels came
[00:21:53] then,
[00:22:01] the connection was lost, we'll try maybe again later, to
[00:22:05] hear and see what's happening and how it is in Valjevo, we
[00:22:08] continue, the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, in
[00:22:12] the height of the pre-election campaign, opened a drone assembly
[00:22:16] plant of Israeli production, he says that due to...
[00:22:20] credibility, he did not invite journalists to tour the factory,
[00:22:23] but he immortalized his tour on Instagram,
[00:22:27] let's recall that the opposition, part of the expert public, criticized
[00:22:31] the announcement of the factory's opening with claims that there were many
[00:22:34] open questions regarding this project that the government did not
[00:22:38] provide
[00:22:39] answers to.
[00:22:44] let's try once again to connect to Valjevo for
[00:22:48] the welcome of the cyclists. Radovan. continue
[00:22:50] that
[00:22:55] hey, sorry, something interrupted this connection, this
[00:22:58] night, yes, this
[00:23:02] is another song, before that it
[00:23:05] was from desire, the old anthem, this seems
[00:23:09] to be a new one, the people of Valjevo are
[00:23:10] here, there are flags of other cities,
[00:23:14] this balcony is on
[00:23:20] we just arrived, I have no idea what to tell you except
[00:23:24] that this caught us,
[00:23:26] we're asking you to listen and
[00:23:28] watch a little,
[00:23:36] well, things are going as planned and with its own playlist, this
[00:23:39] is a new song,
[00:23:41] the third one,
[00:23:44] you'll recognize it, so let's not clear this
[00:23:47] atmosphere.
[00:23:50] The day was good, the journey was smooth, the weather was fine,
[00:23:53] 90 km, there are still nine days until
[00:23:58] people from Vojvodina will join this
[00:24:01] route which ends and begins in the same cities, it started
[00:24:05] in Belgrade, and ends in
[00:24:07] Kragujevac in exactly 10 days, both branches and
[00:24:11] columns.
[00:24:20] So you saw what it's like in Valjevo, and you heard Radovan
[00:24:24] Seratlić.
[00:24:32] Ever since the public learned about the murder in an upscale
[00:24:36] restaurant in Senjak, in which the former head of the Belgrade police,
[00:24:39] Veselin Milić, was involved, that case has been constantly in
[00:24:43] the public eye. Although more than two months ago the indictment
[00:24:46] against Milić was filed by the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office.
[00:24:50] Milić will be tried before the first Basic
[00:24:53] Court, the indictment will be prosecuted by the prosecutor
[00:24:57] of the first Basic Prosecutor's Office. This information was confirmed
[00:25:01] for N1, details are provided by our Ana
[00:25:04] Novaković.
[00:25:06] The day after the former head of the Belgrade
[00:25:09] police, Veselin Milić, was released from custody, Portal
[00:25:13] Nova announced that the case against him was forwarded
[00:25:17] to the First Basic Prosecutor's Office. The Higher
[00:25:20] Prosecutor's Office, which conducted the investigation in the Senjak case, immediately
[00:25:24] denied it, but two months later, those
[00:25:27] logical assumptions proved to be true,
[00:25:31] because he was charged with a lesser criminal offense,
[00:25:34] within the jurisdiction of the Basic Court. The First Basic
[00:25:38] Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade accepted the indictment
[00:25:41] filed by the Higher Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade
[00:25:45] against the accused Veselin
[00:25:47] M. For all other questions we had regarding
[00:25:51] the scheduling of the trial during the proceedings,
[00:25:54] they directed us to the First Basic Court, which provided
[00:25:58] us with its answer. The criminal
[00:26:01] proceedings are currently in the stage of examining the indictment by the individual
[00:26:05] judge and in the stage of obtaining the necessary documentation proposed
[00:26:08] as evidence, after which all conditions for scheduling
[00:26:12] the main hearing will be met, about which the public will be
[00:26:16] informed timely and promptly, and so the Higher Prosecutor's Office
[00:26:19] separated Milić from the accused in the same case who will
[00:26:23] be tried before the Higher Court, ever since the moment when in
[00:26:27] Milić's case the prosecutor's office dropped the charges against him for
[00:26:30] aiding the perpetrator after the murder
[00:26:33] and continued to charge him only for failing to report the murder
[00:26:37] of the perpetrator, it was clear that the case would go into
[00:26:41] the hands of a lower prosecutor's office. I think that
[00:26:44] this is not surprising even for those who led the investigation against
[00:26:47] him, I mean the Higher Prosecutor's Office which did charge
[00:26:51] Milić, but knew how it would end, it is not the first
[00:26:54] time that prosecutor's office does something
[00:26:57] like that. The murder case in Senjak was marked by
[00:27:01] the cover-up of the murder in an upscale restaurant,
[00:27:04] the disappearance of the body, the discovery of the body in a barrel
[00:27:07] after seven days of search, the involvement
[00:27:10] of police officers, one of whom was the third highest official
[00:27:14] in the police, from the very beginning the investigation was full of
[00:27:17] deficiencies, the prosecutor's office published contradictory
[00:27:21] and untrue claims in statements, then it also
[00:27:24] dropped part of the criminal complaint that Marko
[00:27:28] Kričak, head of the Criminal Police Directorate,
[00:27:31] filed against Milić. "some things
[00:27:35] that happened and that fall under criminal law, that
[00:27:38] is who beat how the four
[00:27:42] suspects said that someone from the restaurant owners beat them, one even recognized
[00:27:45] Kričak, what did the prime minister
[00:27:49] and the president of the ruling party do in that restaurant
[00:27:53] just one day uh they had lunch after that
[00:27:56] murder, in this complex case,
[00:27:59] criminal charges were pouring in from all sides."
[00:28:03] And the accused Milić responded with a criminal charge against Kričak and
[00:28:07] his colleague, claiming that they abused their official
[00:28:10] position by presenting the collected evidence against
[00:28:13] Milić selectively, incompletely and
[00:28:16] falsely, as reported by the weekly Radar. Ana
[00:28:20] Novaković, N1
[00:28:22] Belgrade.
[00:28:25] The day after the verdict was pronounced, Chief Prosecutor Kimberly West
[00:28:29] welcomed the verdict against the leader of the former... KLA Hashim
[00:28:33] Thaçi, stating that it is important for the rule of law in
[00:28:36] Kosovo and brings belated justice for the victims.
[00:28:40] The reactions to the verdict in The Hague were followed by
[00:28:43] our Sanja Sovrlić.
[00:28:46] International reactions to the verdict against the former leaders
[00:28:49] of the KLA, Hashim Thaçi, Kadri Veseli, Jakup Krasniqi and
[00:28:53] Rexhep Seljivi are diverse, ranging from those
[00:28:57] who believe the court's decision should be respected to those who
[00:29:00] protest such a verdict.
[00:29:03] The Commissioner for Enlargement of the European Union, Marta Kos, said that the Specialized
[00:29:07] Chambers of Kosovo are an independent and impartial body and that
[00:29:10] their decisions must be respected. She emphasized individual responsibility,
[00:29:14] justice for the victims and their families from all communities in
[00:29:17] Kosovo, as well as the need for confronting the past,
[00:29:20] healing wounds and reconciliation. The United
[00:29:23] States respects the verdict and supports the rule
[00:29:26] of law and the right of victims and their families to justice. They call for
[00:29:30] all parties to respect the court's decision.
[00:29:32] The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs also announced that it takes note of
[00:29:36] the decision of the Specialized Chambers of Kosovo
[00:29:39] and reiterates its support for the court in the fight against impunity, but
[00:29:43] also its support for the independence of Kosovo and its
[00:29:46] institutions. The Deputy Regional Director of Amnesty
[00:29:49] International for Europe, Ester Major, said that the verdicts give
[00:29:53] hope to thousands of war victims in Kosovo who have been waiting for justice for more than two decades
[00:29:56] and show that even high officials are not
[00:30:00] above the law. She stated that the court confirmed that no one, regardless
[00:30:04] of their rank or political reputation, is above the law or immune
[00:30:08] from responsibility for serious international criminal
[00:30:11] acts. Former NATO General, Wesley Clark
[00:30:15] told Albanian media that he was shocked and angry about
[00:30:18] the verdict, saying that he had not seen evidence that, in his opinion, would justify
[00:30:22] such a decision. Let's recall, Clark testified as a
[00:30:26] defense witness during the proceedings.
[00:30:29] Special Prosecutor Kimberly West welcomed
[00:30:33] the verdict, stating that individuals used wartime circumstances to commit
[00:30:36] serious crimes and that the accountability of these individuals is
[00:30:40] important for the rule of law and victims. She emphasized that the court
[00:30:44] confirmed that no one, regardless of their rank or political reputation,
[00:30:47] is above the law. Thaçi's
[00:30:50] lead lawyer, Pierre Richard Prosper, was shocked by the verdict,
[00:30:53] calling it a wrong decision of justice and saying that the court, in his
[00:30:57] view, rewrote history. He said that justice