"In late 2005 an application was made for President Milosevic to be treated in a specialist hospital in Russia. The Russian Government furnished irrevocable guarantees ensuring he would be treated and that he would be returned to The Hague upon the treatment being completed. It was expected as in any normal country that such an application would have been accepted especially that Russia is a member of the Security Council.
Primarily owing to the Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte's vehement opposition the Tribunal refused the application and thus it was know that refusal was a death sentence.
It follows that I will respect the 40 days mourning as per the Orthodox Religion commands. After which it is my intention to, in any jurisdiction possible, raise an indictment for murder against Carla Del Ponte who had failed to bring even a prima facia case against President Milosevic and thus chose the alternative in opposing an application to which she knew would condemn President Milosevic to death.
When one considers that other detainees including an indicted person from the KLA receiving and being admitted to bail and comparing such to how President Milosevic was treated leads one to the ultimate sad conclusion that an otherwise brilliant Prosecutor is guilty of his murder.
I must also call upon the Serbian Government now to allow the funeral and burial of President Milosevic in his home town and guarantee safe passage to his family to which my sympathies are extended. It cannot be overlooked that within days of the suicide of Mr Babic no proper controls were made of the detention unit and thus an independant investigation must be held into the cause of death and more important the time of death. President Milosevic died a wholly innocent man!"
Giovanni Di Stefano
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