Honourable residents of Krusha e Madhe, Krusha of great pain,
Honourable Mayor Latifi,
Honourable former Prime Minister Haradinaj,
Honourable Mr. Hoti,
Honorable families of those who fell for freedom, families of martyrs of the Kosovo Liberation Army, veterans and invalids of the war,
Honorable participants,
When so many innocent people are killed and so much blood is shed in a village, it is no longer just a place on the map, but is an eternal testimony and an eternal oath.
This place is Krusha e Madhe!
Today we stand in Krusha e Madhe, where pain is engraved on every stone, on every doorstep and in every heart that beats for justice.
26 years ago, this village was struck by one of the most terrible crimes of the Serbian genocidal regime. 241 men and boys were massacred, among them seven children and five women, including a pregnant woman.
They were killed not in battle, but in their village, in their homes, in the embrace of their families. But the tragedy does not stop there! To this day, 64 fallen from Krusha e Madhe are among the forcibly disappeared, a multiple crime of genocidal Serbia.
Their families live every day with the pain, with the longing for a waiting that never ends. And in this long line of pain stands a great name of our nation, a bright mind, an unforgettable figure, Ukshin Hoti.
For more than two decades, his fate, like that of all the inhabitants of Krusha who are now forcibly disappeared, remains unclear. An intellectual, a patriot, a courageous voice of the nation was forcibly taken by the criminal Serbian regime. Since then, nothing is known about him, except that Serbia took him. This mystery is not only an injustice to Ukshin Hoti and his family, but it is a wound in the conscience of humanity. Because the question of where Ukshin Hoti is still requires an answer, as do about 1,600 people who disappeared forcibly as a result of Serbia’s genocidal policies.
The Krusha e Madhe massacre is not only a terrible crime from 26 years ago, it is our daily life, it is our present, because the pain continues today, just as it did 26 years ago. It is an open battle for justice. Therefore, we cannot allow the blood of those who were innocent to remain silent and for their sacrifice to be forgotten.
We must not remain silent. We must not stop. We must not allow justice to be delayed indefinitely, because justice for Krusha e Madhe is justice for all those who gave their lives, for our freedom, for the heroes of the KLA and for the martyrs of freedom.
Krusha e Madhe is not only a symbol of pain, but also of resistance. From its ruins, from the tears that were never shed, new generations have grown up who today keep Kosovo alive, free and proud.
Today, before the memory of our martyrs, before the pain of their families, before this sacred land where so many innocent lives are buried, we make an oath. We will never stop until justice triumphs. We will not rest until the crimes committed by Serbia receive the appropriate response. We will never forget the sacrifice of Krusha e Madhe.
Eternal glory to all the martyrs and the fallen of Krusha e Madhe and all of Kosovo!
God bless Krusha!
God bless our Republic!
Thank you!
