Bajic made the statement in parliament, where he attended a committee session.
The very fact that Zagorec offered documents to the Office of the President confirmed DORH's suspicions that the documents still exist, which was why DORH stepped up its investigations, Bajic said.
"This resulted in the discovery of some of those documents in Croatia, which were in the possession of Zagorec's associates. That is all I know about that," Bajic said.
Asked if there had been a possibility for DORH to make a deal with Zagorec, Bajic said "not a chance, as far as DORH is concerned". Asked if President Stjepan Mesic's advisor Sasa Perkovic had negotiated with Zagorec in Vienna on behalf of DORH, Bajic said that the question should be put to Perkovic.
Asked to comment on claims that Mesic's office had violated the constitutional provision on the three-branches system of government, Bajic said that nobody had influenced him or asked him to do anything.
DORH is interested in obtaining information, regardless of the source, and then it critically assesses if the evidence has any value, Bajic said.
The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) club of deputies this morning urged Bajic and the government in parliament to state their position on the role of the Office of the President in alleged negotiations with General Zagorec.
The media claim that Mesic's advisor met Zagorec in Vienna in May and offered him to turn State's evidence in exchange for walking free if he submitted all documents on secret bank accounts intended for the purchase of weapons.
If the media reports prove true, that will mean direct interference of the head of state in the work of the judiciary, the HSP said.
Sabor Speaker Vladimir Seks responded that the rights and obligations of the President of the Republic were defined by the Constitution, as was the relationship between the President and the Parliament and the judicial bodies.
"I will not comment on media speculation," he said.
Independent MP Slaven Letica told reporters that this was "an attempt to violate the autonomy of the judiciary" and "question the entire constitutional order".
General Zagorec is suspected of abusing his office and misappropriating USD 5 million, which is why Croatia has requested his extradition from Austria where he has been living since 2000.