In an interview published on Thursday by the Sarajevo-based "Dnevni avaz" daily, McNair said he expected a pre-trial hearing judge to confirm the indictment, after which preparations for the trial could start.
Ante Jelavic, Miroslav Prce, Ivo Andric Luzanski, Marko Tokic, Petar Milic, Zdravko Batinic and retired general Miroslav Curcic are suspected of trying to declare the so-called Croat self-governance in the parts of Bosnia-Herzegovina with the majority Croat population in spring 2001, in an attempt to forcibly carve out a part of Bosnian territory, undermine the country's constitutional order and unlawfully disband the Croat component of the Army of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Croat self-governance was the result of the dissatisfaction of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) of Bosnia-Herzegovina with the fact that the 2000 parliamentary elections were won by a broad coalition of moderate forces, which established the new authorities in the country excluding representatives of the HDZ.
Jelavic and the others were soon replaced from all posts in the state and entity bodies due to the attempt to establish a parallel system.
The Sarajevo Canton Prosecutor's Office then launched an investigation into the suspects' activities, but it was subsequently taken over by the State Prosecutor's Office, that is, its special department for organised and white-collar crime and corruption, headed by McNair.
Since the beginning of this year Jelavic and Prce have been in prison outside Sarajevo awaiting trial for abuse of office in the operation of the Mostar-based Hercegovacka Banka, that is, wrongdoings in the allocation of funds sent to Bosnian Croats by the Croatian government.
The trial in this case has been announced for 23 September, and McNair has confirmed that new indictments in the Hercegovacka Banka case are being prepared.
According to media reports, along with Ivica Karlovic, Ivan Azinovic and Ivan Medic, an indictment could also be issued against retired Croatian Army general Ljubo Cesic Rojs.
The Bosnian prosecution is primarily interested in the circumstances under which senior HDZ members were granted favourable loans by Hercegovacka Banka.