ONE
YEAR
SINCE
MASSACRE
OVER
MACEDONIAN
SECURITY
FORCES
AT
VEJCE
Macedonian
Information
Agency
(Apr
25,
2:47:00
AM
(GMT-8)) (MIA)
Skopje,
MACEDONIA
-
Marking
the
first
anniversary
since
the
massacre
over
the
members
of
Macedonian
security
forces
at
the
Tetovo
village
of
Vejce
on
28
April
2001,
Association
of
families
of
the
killed
and
wounded
soldiers
-
victims
of
the
Albanian
terrorism
informed
on
the
ongoing
procedure
of
criminal
charges
brought
against
persons
directly
or
indirectly
responsible
for
the
slaughter
at
Wednesday
press
-
conference.
Reminding
that
the
Macedonian
Public
Prosecutor,
Stavre
Dzikov
refused
their
criminal
charges,
the
families'
attorney
Ignat
Pancevski
informed
that
the
families
of
the
killed
and
wounded
soldiers,
as
secondary
prosecutors,
submitted
a
request
to
the
Elementary
Court
Skopje
1
for
conducting
the
investigation.
Pancevski
pointed
out
that
if
the
Elementary
Court
drops
the
request,
the
families
would
address
to
the
International
Criminal
Court
that
should
start
functioning
within
next
year.
He
also
reminded
that
the
criminal
charges
were
brought
on
January
2002,
against
ten
persons,
including
President
Trajkovski,
the
leader
of
the
former
"NLA",
Ali
Ahmeti,
as
well
as
against
leaders
of
the
political
parties
of
DPA
and
PDP,
Arben
Xhaferi
and
Imer
Imeri.
Pancevski
announced
that
the
criminal
charges
would
be
pressed
against
other
20
persons,
most
of
them
Macedonians.
Pancevski
claims
that
"the
price
for
committing
this
crime
act"
amounted
to
DM
600,000.
"As
the
money
disappeared,
we
are
still
investigating
the
case
who
took
the
money
in
return
for
'selling'
the
police
patrol,"
Pancevski
pointed
out,
adding
that
there
were
"enough
facts
to
continue
the
investigation."
He
also
stated
that
when
additional
evidence
would
be
found,
pointing
out
to
other
"mass
traitors",
the
list
should
be
extended.
According
to
him,
the
person
that
was
suspected
of
involvement
in
the
massacre
was
promoted
after
few
months.
As
to
the
request
submitted
to
the
legislative
committee
for
authentic
interpretation
of
the
Amnesty
Law,
Pancevski
stated
that
after
the
first
refusal
of
the
request,
under
the
explanation
that
Macedonian
Assembly's
protocol
allows
only
certain
physical
and
legal
entities
to
submit
this
kind
of
request,
the
legislative
committee
responded
that
"the
Law
on
amnesty
would
be
additionally
reviewed."
The
attorney
of
the
Association
of
the
killed
soldiers'
families
informed
that
the
Constitutional
Court
is
expected
to
reveal
its
position
regarding
the
initiative
for
evaluation
of
validity
of
the
amnesty
Law.
It
was
stressed
at
the
conference
that
there
were
no
donations
granted
so
far
to
the
families
of
killed
and
wounded
persons,
and
there
was
also
no
information
regarding
the
amount
and
the
origin
of
the
donation,
i.e.
foreign
or
native.
Pancevski
informed
that
there
were
no
realized
contacts
with
the
Hague
Tribunal
in
regard
to
the
Vejce
massacre
so
far.
"The
Hague
Tribunal's
Office
in
the
country
did
not
show
any
interest
regarding
the
families
of
the
killed
soldiers,
or
myself
as
their
legal
representative,
to
find
out
the
facts
on
the
massacre
that
were
at
our
disposal",
Pancevski
explained,
stating
that
"the
Hague
Tribunal
would
never
proceed
this
case."
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