President pardons former guerrillas

Skopje - Macedonian President, Mr Boris Trajkovski, yesterday granted an amnesty to 11 jailed former guerrillas of the ethnic…

Skopje - Macedonian President, Mr Boris Trajkovski, yesterday granted an amnesty to 11 jailed former guerrillas of the ethnic Albanian National Liberation Army arrested on various criminal charges before the rebels disbanded in September, his office said.

The move resulted from Mr Trajkovski's offer, made in October, of an amnesty for guerrillas who had voluntarily disarmed by September 26th under a NATO-sponsored arms collection operation and whose criminal activities were related the conflict.