Krasniqi: Dejan Pantic looks more like a hostage than an arrested person

Political analyst Milazim Krasniqi said that the arrest of former police officer Dejan Pantic was strange and assessed that he looked more like a hostage than an arrested person.

Krasniqi pointed out on Facebook that no government in the last 20 years had analyzed the criminal responsibility of those who committed crimes in Kosovo in the period from 1998 to 1999 and who, as he added, had not been arrested for the crimes they committed, nor had they been officially the accused.

"On the other hand, a former member of the Kosovo Police, Dejan Pantic, was strangely arrested at the crossing, because he is suspected of attacking institutions. In the circumstances in which he cannot be transferred to prison, nor is he tried, he looks more like a hostage than an arrested person. But he is not the only one. The hostages are also his former Albanian colleagues, who are on duty at two crossings. It is said that there are about a hundred Albanian policemen there, who are working day and night without shifts due to roadblocks," Krasniqi said.

He added that apart from the police officers, the whole of Kosovo was a hostage of this crisis, mostly due to the blackmailing of Serbs and Serbia for the release of Pantic.

"From the elevated rhetoric of politicians, from both sides, from the protests of the Serbs in the north, from the explosions of shock bombs and from the barricades, every day it seems more and more that an armed conflict is on the horizon. So, the question arises: if that former police officer cannot be brought to justice in the right way, is it worth it for him to hold the whole of Kosovo hostage, when we have thousands of Serbian police officers, paramilitaries and soldiers who have committed crimes and still have not processed? Can Dejan Pantic be freed and prosecuted according to the regular procedure," asked Krasniqi.

Krasniqi also wondered if "with this problematic arrest" someone is trying to create an excuse for an armed conflict between the government and the Serb minority in Kosovo.

"There are three possibilities, first, Albin Kurti has lost his rationality and is looking for trouble at all costs, for his irrational projections. Second, the allies are tired of Kurti and with this crisis they are trying to humiliate him first, and then accuse him of crimes if violence occurs. Thirdly, is it possible that Russia imposed its agenda not only on the Serbs but also on our government and the international community," asks Krasniqi.