Why Edlira Qefalija’s Attack on the Gunpowder Chronicles Cannot Stand?
Instead of answering evidence on Zeka’s networks, assaults and Serbian funded deals, Edlira Qefalija resorts to insult and distraction, mirroring the tactics of Sahitaj and Perovic.
The chain of events is now clear enough. On twenty seven November the Gunpowder Chronicles published an investigation reporting1 serious allegations that Milaim Zeka had twice been beaten and once sexually abused by men described by multiple international sources as linked to the circle of former president Hashim Thaci. Before publication the newsroom wrote to Mr Zeka on ten and twelve November, asking whether he had suffered recent violence and whether anything had been reported to the authorities. Both messages were opened. Neither was answered.
Twenty four hours later the silence broke, not from the man at the centre of the story but from his wife and collaborator, Edlira Qefalija. Her Facebook statement2 tried to turn a serious investigation into a circus of insults, sexual insinuations and accusations about supposed motives. If you strip away the shouting, what remains is a collection of claims that do not survive contact with the record.
Start with perhaps the simplest one. She writ…
