HAGUE'S PROSECUTION WITNESS SPEAKS IN FAVOR OF BOSKOSKI
National.
The former interior minister Ljube Boshkoski had no legal obligation to launch an inquiry into Ljuboten events in August 2001, said Vilma Ruskovska, the then deputy public prosecutor.
Ruskovska took a stand in the trial on the Ljuboten case, stemming from Macedonia's 2001 conflict. She was called by the tribunal's prosecutor to testify against Boshkoski.
Although the prosecution's witness, Ruskovska confirmed the thesis set by defense counsels that the interior minister, in the eyes of the law, had no authorizations on court's investigative proceedings.
According to written document that the defense counsel had shown to the witness, Boshkoski had recommended the investigative judge to proceed with the legal proceedings in relation to Ljuboten events.
Ruskovska said this was much more than the obligation the police have in the accordance with the law.
The witness confirmed that the investigative judge and the public prosecutor did not conduct an investigation into Ljuboten case. They did not interview the police officers who took part in the Ljuboten operation because it was unsafe.
Ruskovska said the "Albanian population in the then crisis areas did not want to cooperate with the Macedonian judiciary.
Prosecution witness also confirmed the defense thesis that northern part of Macedonia in 2001 had witnessed attacks by terrorist groups comprised of Albanians from Macedonia and abroad.
The trial will continue today with a testimony of prosecution's witness.
MD: This trial has been going on for a very long time now, let's hope we can see an end soon
[MakFax]
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