"Anyway, I hope that no decisions can influence the judiciary. The justice system must be independent. If someone is found not guilty they must be absolved from all responsibility, while those found guilty must bear the consequences," Mesic told Croatian Radio on Thursday during a visit to the Montenegrin coastal resort of Milocer near Budva where he was attending a regional economic forum.
ZAGREB, Nov 16 (Hina) - President Stjepan Mesic has declined to comment on Wednesday's debate in Parliament on lifting immunity from independent MP Branimir Glavas so he could be remanded in custody on suspicion of committing war
crimes against civilians in Osijek in late 1991, saying he has not heard all the arguments that were raised during the debate.
ZAGREB, Nov 16 (Hina) - President Stjepan Mesic has declined to
comment on Wednesday's debate in Parliament on lifting immunity from
independent MP Branimir Glavas so he could be remanded in custody on suspicion
of committing war crimes against civilians in Osijek in late 1991, saying he
has not heard all the arguments that were raised during the debate.