Hashim Thaci has been under fire in his own capital Pristina after he recently paid tribute at memorials to Serbs who were killed during the 1990s war.
His pledges to solve their murders were seen as no more than rhetoric by Serbs, while Albanians believe that Thaci effectively admitted that his own people were responsible for the crimes.
Analysts in Pristina suggest that the move can be seen as an attempt by Thaci to clear the image that some people have of him as a warlord potentially responsible for human rights abuses ahead of the impending establishment of the new Hague-based Special Court that is to try former Kosovo Liberation Army officials for alleged crimes committed during and after the 1998-99 conflict.
http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/kosovo-s-thaci-seeks-new-peacemaker-image-08-24-2016
