[1] Bashota was deputy commander of the KLA's general headquarters during the Kosovo War and ran its information committee.
[4] In October of the same year, against the backdrop of a fragile ceasefire agreement, he said the KLA's strategy if fighting resumed would be to "break the morale of the Serb forces" by initially attacking police in isolated areas.
[10] On 2 April 1999, KLA political leader Hashim Thaçi announced the creation of a new provisional government for Kosovo.
[11] Bashota remained a member of Thaçi's self-styled ministry until a new Kosovo government was formed under UNMIK's supervision in early 2002.
At the beginning of his last year in office, he said his priorities were the construction of the "Ismet Rraci" school, completing the square in the middle of the city, and building a youth center.
In August 2016, the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX) issued an indictment against Bashota for abuse of office.
[19] Three years later, he was convicted of not declaring his personal assets to Kosovo's Anti-Corruption Agency and issued a 1100 Euro fine and a six-month suspended sentence.