EULEX covering up corruption and protecting Kosovo political elite (Politika)
While Prosecutor Maia Bamiah still suffers EULEX sanctions, because she should face EULEX Disciplinary Committee, EULEX scandal spreads quickly.
Brussels portal EU Observer, which regularly monitors developments related to the "EULEX affair ", yesterday reported that a former official of the International Civilian Office (ICO) in Kosovo, Andrea Capussela, said in his new book that EULEX protected the political elite in Kosovo. "The mission did not intend to prosecute crime at a high level ... And when they had to do it, it was requested not to accuse prominent persons," said Capussela.
Yesterday, the British Guardian quoted parts of Capussela’s new book, which should appear next year. According to it, EULEX raised an average of 2.5 charges per year and imposed one verdict.
Capussela also claims that in three out of four cases accused people were "second-class" persons and that "there are persons who were killing people and managed to remain unpunished because of UNMIK and EULEX."
He noted that he sent his analysis to EULEX, but that the officials of the mission didn’t send any response. The Guardian noted that the special prosecutor Clint Williamson, who was investigating allegations of the Rapporteur of the Council of Europe, Dick Marty, on crimes and illegal organ trafficking in Kosovo and Albania, announced in July that there was evidence against high-ranking Kosovo politicians.
The case of Kosovo bank governor is indictment against EULEX
In January 2012, former Director of ICO Economic Department, Andrea Capussela, wrote about the arrest of the Kosovo Central Bank Governor, Hashim Rexhepi, presenting it as a "debacle for a hybrid system of governance in Kosovo, run by the EU."
"The case of Kosovo central bank governor is a kind of indictment against the mission whose task is to establish the rule of law, because it used anonymous letters as evidence, secret files, groundless detention and denial of the right to a fair trial," reads Capussela’s report, published on 26 January 2012, on the site of "Osservatorio Balkani e Caucaso".