War crimes suspect chosen as Kosovar PM

A FORMER rebel commander who was recently was questioned by UN war crimes investigators was yesterday chosen to be prime minister of Kosovo.

War crimes suspect chosen as Kosovar PM
Sat, 04 Dec, 2004 - 00:00

The parliament in Pristina voted 72 votes to 3 for Ramush Haradinaj, a 36-year-old ethnic Albanian, to head the new government, ignoring concerns that the move could add to the province’s tensions.

Members of the second-biggest party, the Democratic Party of Kosovo abstained.

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