The trial of Prlic and Others started six months ago.
Saying that a radical reduction of time would seriously threaten the work of the prosecution, prosecutor Kenneth Scott said at today's hearing that the Trial Chamber planned to reduce the time which the prosecution had to present evidence by one third. He said that the Trial Chamber had already "taken" 50 hours from the original 450 hours that the prosecution had to present evidence and that it now planned to take another 100 hours.
The prosecutor said that of 330 hours of the trial so far, the defence "spent" 126 hours, judges spent 105 hours on their questions and other procedural questions, while the prosecution "spent" only 103 hours.
The Trial Chamber said on Monday it planned to reduce the time for the defence as well, adding that their proposal now referred to the prosecution because prosecutors were currently presenting evidence.
The proposal was opposed by other defence attorneys and two indictees -- Slobodan Praljak and Jadranko Prlic.
The Trial Chamber explained that their proposal was aimed at completing the entire process by the recess in July 2007. Under the proposal, the time spent on objections would in the future be taken from the party filing objections.
The ICTY indicted six political and military Bosnian Croat leaders - Jadranko Prlic, Bruno Stojic, Slobodan Praljak, Milivoj Petkovic, Valentin Coric and Berislav Pusic - for crimes committed during the war in Bosnia. The trial started in April 2006.
The Trial Chamber said it would decide about reducing the time for presenting evidence in the near future.