Serbia ignored the Hague Tribunal

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Serbia ignored the Hague Tribunal

At the end of March the Hague Tribunal in its judgment in the case of Vojislav Šešelj announce. However, the Serbian Nationalist will not volunteer to arrive and delivery is expected for Belgrade politically inconvenient.

A little embarrassing it would have Šešelj. Since then, he temporarily was released from prison, the 61-Year-old Serbian Public, mostly in small and obscure local channels, and even Reality Shows. The stocky großserbische ideologue was formerly a renowned law Professor in the Nineties against Croats and Muslims ranted and irregulars for the Front organized. Now he tells again his nationalist rants in the circle of enthusiastic third-tier celebrities. Although his views known long ago, Šešelj still capable of making the headlines to provide.

31. March 2016 is before the international criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia the first judgment in the Case Šešelj fall. According to The Hague fly to the decision of the judges is to hear and may have to remain in prison, like the defendant in any way. He got this antiserbische court has already previously been legally destroyed, so the typical Šešelj self-praise. Many international experts found at least partly applicable, because the court has 13 years needed to bring a judgment to make. Almost the whole time sat Šešelj in the Hague detention before the end of 2014 because of his cancer was released.

The Problem with the foster-father

Extremely spicy is the Timing of the announced judgment, because at the end of April, in Serbia, parliamentary and local elections take place. With the entry into the Parliament must also the volume of rechtsnationale camp count, whose most prominent face is Šešelj. An arrest and extradition to The Hague could be the conservative government as “unpatriotic”, so the among observers, widespread Thesis. “It is quite possible that the present government of its international obligations and thus the Reputation of Serbia, compromise is out of fear of the voters punished them,” says the political commentator Teofil Pančić.

The current President Nikolić (front) and Prime Minister Vučić (rear) were once the closest of comrades Šešeljs

In the DW-interview stresses Pančić but especially the common history of Vojislav Šešelj and the present Serbian rulers. For many years were the Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić closest collaborator Šešeljs, its nationalist slogans hardworking fortpflanzten. Between the like-minded, it crashed in 2008, as Vučić and Nikolić from Šešeljs Radical party resigned and the proeuropäische progressive party, founded, today the absolute majority in the Parliament. “The Ruling will now have the psychological Problem: where it is probably uncomfortable, the political foster-father to deliver,” says Pančić.

As the two rulers is not a good word for the war crimes Tribunal have left. “You tell us, we should Šešelj in the middle of the election campaign to deliver. Wants to The Hague about the Right in Serbia in order to support, or that I might fall?”, asks Prime Minister Vučić. In his authoritarian tone, explained the strong man that he alone is about to decide whether Šešelj now to be arrested or not. The decision “will, as always, is in the best interest of Serbia”. Plate demagogy for domestic use, says columnist Pančić. “Vučić believes that the earth around him is spinning and that all are busy trying to topple him. This is not true of course. Not a single court on the wishes of politicians.”

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Influence on witnesses?

It is the cooperation with the Tribunal, which is practically abrogated, have been: Serbia refuses already more than a year, the three party friends Šešeljs deliver, supposedly, the witnesses in his case, intimidated, bribed and instructed to have. Sonja Biserko, President of Helsinki Committee for human rights, believes an explanation for this: the present Serbian rulers feared that their role come to light. “President Nikolić and Prime Minister Vučić at the time, the radical party during the absence of her boss Šešelj stated. The both have a firm decision on witnesses and their family members exert pressure,” says Biserko compared to DW.

The lack of cooperation with the Hague Tribunal was a long time for the EU-Aspirant Serbia is a millstone. As of 2011, also the last Person to the wanted list has been extradited was, seemed to be the theme for Serbia to be finished. Because of: Belgrade now has until the middle of March time, Šešelj either to deliver a plausible explanation for her doing nothing to find. “The government has not so much room, if your proeuropäische orientation would like to confirm”, so Biserko, on a speedy delivery taps.

His former companions would like Vojislav Šešelj not make things easier. You’ll have him and his three accused employee in accordance with The Hague, said Šešelj. “I just don’t know how you imagine it,” joked Šešelj. For he himself cradle 130 kilograms, and his colleagues, the 120 and the codefendant colleague “to 100”. Overall, almost 500 kilograms, calculated Šešelj. He plans to continue in the coming weeks to increase.