"It's not that the indictment is being expanded, these are the names of the people who were involved with the accused in one way or another, Mesic said, adding that this did not mean that the indictment is being expanded in The Hague or that these cases would be referred to the Croatian judiciary.
The public announcement of new names will have a shocking effect on the Croatian public, because Croatians will interpret this as if the indictment included the the wider top of the Croatian leadership, Mesic said addinf that people would start to think if this meant the individualisation of guilt or if the guilt was spreading on others.
But the entire situation will not affect the trial of Croatian generals already in The Hague or the political situation in the country, Mesic said.