He says the appointment of Emerson is confusing and raises the
issue of conflict of interest.
“In the course of the trial, Emerson became acquainted with
certain documents. He tried by all available means at his disposal to deny and
pervert justice, which he did in part, and now in a second instance body he
will decide some of the most difficult cases against Serbs,” explained Simic.
Ben Emerson, defence lawyer of the former terrorist KLA
commander Ramush Haradinaj, was appointed a judge of the so-called Residual
Mechanism, which on July 1 will take over from the ICTY.
For the time being it is not known in which cases
Haradinaj’s defence lawyer will act as judge, but it is known that all the
appeals against Serbs, which will not be completed in the first half of next
year, will be at his disposal.
Srna/Frontal
