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.

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.