He was speaking to Croatian reporters covering his two-day trip to London.
Sanader said the election was not a good reason to open a discussion on media freedom in Croatia.
"That reason is completely off the mark because the Sabor elected Hina's Steering Council fully in keeping with the required procedure."
He recalled that the outgoing Council had completed its term. "That's why I dismiss any discussion about any pressure having been exerted on Hina's Steering Council in any way," he said, adding that he would personally ban any political interference in the editorial policy of any medium "if it crossed someone's mind".
"That's unquestionable. No one can talk about there being interference without proving it," Sanader said, adding that unlike "some others", he spent his formative years in Europe and knew what media freedom meant.
Sanader said the current Hina Steering Council's term had expired and that, in accordance with procedure, applications were invited and candidates were chosen because "one can't choose those who didn't apply".
Sanader said it was not good to make an issue out of that because "procedure was honoured in the full sense of the word".
"I will insist on that because there is no democracy without procedure," he underlined.
Asked if he thought the members on the new Hina Steering Council were sufficiently expert, Sanader said he did not know the elected people at all apart from Bozo Skoko, who he added was known to the public.
"I didn't know the people from the former Hina Steering Council and I don't know these either. And it's better that I don't know them so that the government, or the party (ruling Croatian Democratic Union) have nothing to do with it. I think this is the biggest proof of the independence of the work of Hina's Steering Council," Sanader said.