"Del Ponte's statement bears witness to how much the Hague prosecution is politicised," Djapic said at a news conference, adding that the HSP expected a harsh response from the government. If there is no such response, the HSP will urge a parliamentary debate on Croatia's cooperation with the Hague tribunal, he said.
Djapic described as 'horrible' del Ponte's statement that Croatia was trying to reinterpret the historical events of the 1990s by trying to challenge the allegation from the indictments that there had been a criminal enterprise in Croatia aimed at the ethnic cleansing, genocide and expulsion of Croatian Serbs and aggression against Bosnia.
"It is obvious that the Hague prosecution, as well as the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe are politicising Croatia's legitimate rights by demanding that it give up something that it is entitled to under international law and the Hague tribunal's statute," Djapic said.
Asked by reporters to comment on the possible unification of opposition parties into a five-party coalition, Djapic said that the HSP would run independently in the next elections.