ZAGREB, April 30 (Hina) - A member of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), Pero Kovacevic, said in parliament on Friday he had information that despite promises to the contrary, the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague would issue new
indictments.
ZAGREB, April 30 (Hina) - A member of the Croatian Party of Rights
(HSP), Pero Kovacevic, said in parliament on Friday he had information
that despite promises to the contrary, the UN war crimes tribunal in
The Hague would issue new indictments.#L#
Kovacevic made the statement after a break which his party requested
over the tribunal's decision to reject requests by generals Ivan
Cermak and Mladen Markac for provisional release.
"We are shocked by that fact... all the more so as we were assured by
the Government and the Justice Minister that the two generals would be
released by Easter," Kovacevic said.
He called the latest developments "a big trick on the generals, the
Croatian public and the prime minister" and called for a parliamentary
debate on the Hague tribunal indictments.
The State Secretary at the Justice Ministry, Snjezana Bagic, confirmed
that the tribunal rejected requests for the provisional release of
generals Markac and Cermak until they were interviewed by the
prosecutor.
"The Government, too, expects that they will be released after they
are interviewed," Bagic said, adding that the government's assurances
were not brought into question.
The parliament did not discuss the HSP's requests and claims but
wrapped up its sixth sitting after Bagic's speech.
(Hina) rml