Ramus Haradinaj: A Hero for Some, a War Criminal for Others
According to the latest report of the Freedom House organization, the main political figures in Kosovo, including the former president and premier, Hashim Thaci and Ramush Haradinaj, have links with organized crime and high-level corruption.
The institutions in Kosovo are still weak and widespread corruption has caused the population to deeply distrust the government, while the rule of law is inhibited by the executive authorities' interference in the judiciary, it is stated in the "Nations in Transition" report of Freedom House, in the part about corruption, as conveyed by the Kosovo-online portal on April 20.
Corruption and abduction of the state are widespread and the institutional framework for their suppression is weak, the report reads. Freedom House has assessed that political interference in the judiciary remained a problem and that widespread corruption in the judicial system had a negative effect on independence. The organization warned in the report that prosecutors and courts were still subjected to political interference and corruption of powerful political and business elites, which undermines due process.
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