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Karadzic to Appear as Defence Witness
| 17 October 2008 |
Radovan Karadzic
Momcilo Krajisnik, the former President of the Republika Srpska Parliament, has been sentenced to 27 years imprisonment before the Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia, ICTY.
Krajisnik was found guilty for crimes against humanity, persecution, extermination, murder, deportation and forced resettlement of the non-Serbian population during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, while he was found not guilty for charges of genocide and accessory in genocide.
Krajisnik has already met Karadzic, who is currently in The Hague awaiting the start of his own trial, on September 12, in order to find the “scope of what Karadzic could offer as a witness.”
The Hague Prosecution has objected this proposal, stating that Krajisnik has failed to present evidence as to what Karadzic could offer, and that his statements have been “mere speculation”.
The decision of the Appeals Chamber states Karadzic as “the absolute number one ruler of Republika Srpska in this period”, could have key knowledge about certain facts, and has ordered Krajisnik to submit a “summary of facts” Karadzic will address in his testimony by October 27, 2008.
Karadzic was arrested this July in Belgrade, after 13 years of hiding.
