Vetevendosje leader Visar Ymeri was arrested this morning by police in his flat in Pristina. In a press release, Vetevendosje said Ymeri was taken by force to a court hearing. “The arrest of the leader of the largest opposition party comes after hundreds of arrests of the Movement’s activists and MPs in the last six months. The reasons behind these persecutions are entirely political,” the press release reads. At the same time, the Kosovo Police in a statement said it was acting on an order issued by the Pristina Basic Court when arresting Vetevendosje leader Ymeri. Ymeri, along with his fellow party MP Rexhep Selimi, former Vetevendosje MP Florin Krasniqi and his security guard Besart Bujupi, are being accused of assaulting the MP from the Democratic Party of Kosovo (PDK) Bekim Haxhiu back in 2012.