The party said in the statement that most Osijek residents had calmly accepted Glavas's detention because they believed in the rule of law and presumption of innocence.
"The HSLS believes that there is no need for anybody to present themselves as a 'stabilising' political factor in a peaceful city, where nobody who is politically responsible is even thinking about any 'spontaneous' action," the party said.
The HSLS most strongly condemned the behaviour of some institutions, the local soccer club, the Osijek city government, some media and some religious dignitaries for trying to politicise the case.
Branimir Glavas, who was remanded in custody last Thursday on suspicion of war crimes against civilians in Osijek in 1991, went on a hunger strike the following day.
Djakovo-Srijem Bishop Marin Srakic visited Glavas today in an attempt to talk him out of the hunger strike.