Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has reacted after a post by the Vetëvendosje Movement, which accused him of being one of the main supporters and lobbyists for the creation of the Special Court for War Crimes in Kosovo.
In a Facebook post, Rama denied the allegations and stressed that his position has been clear and consistent. He stressed that the initial purpose of establishing this court was to investigate allegations of organ trafficking, not to punish former Kosovo President Hashim Thaçi.
He criticized Vetëvendosje for, according to him, mixing national issues with domestic political agendas in Kosovo.
"The Vetevendosje Movement has dedicated a long sheet to me, where it is written that 10 years ago I was in favor while they were against the Special Court... Meanwhile, I have denounced the farce against Hashim Thaçi and others whenever and wherever there has been an opportunity or need, while the Movement is known to have moved in that direction.
But I am not in any kind of competition with the Movement and I regret that the Movement confuses Kosovo's institutional relations with Albania in the mud of municipal runoffs, while regarding the positions of the past 10 years - when it did not even recognize the Kosovo anthem, let alone the innocence of Hashim Thaçi, whom it would love eternally in The Hague - I remind the Movement that the Special Court was established for organ trafficking, not to take the President of the Republic of Kosovo hostage.
"And finally, I am neither the organizer nor the speaker of the nationwide protest "Justice for the Liberators", which I support with all my heart and would join as a simple participant, if I were not aware that any intentional or unintentional politicization of that initiative would harm its purpose and popularity," Rama writes.
