HSP leader Anto Djapic told a news conference on Thursday that there was no doubt that del Ponte incorrectly informed European institutions that Croatia had been hiding Bralo under another name, thus causing harm to the country and its efforts to join European integration processes.
Quoting the "Hrvatski list" daily from Zadar, Djapic said that after he had learned of the indictment against him, Bralo surrendered to Dutch troops of the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia-Herzegovina nine years ago, but the commander of the Dutch forces let him go.
The indictment against Bralo was unsealed on October 12 this year, and it was confirmed on 10 November 1995.
"New evidence shows that del Ponte lied, that she knew that Croatian authorities were not hiding Bralo, and that she caused harm to Croatia's efforts to join the EU by doing so," Djapic said.
The HSP therefore expects the government to ask the UN Security Council to launch an independent investigation into the prosecutor's work on November 23, when the chief prosecutor is to submit a report on Croatia's cooperation with the tribunal to the Security Council.
The case of Bralo also brings into question the prosecutor's claims about General Ante Gotovina having been seen in Croatia last summer and about Croatian authorities not doing enough to arrest him, Djapic said.
After a meeting with members of the North Atlantic Council in Bruxelles on November 3, Del Ponte said that apart from Gotovina, there was another fugitive in Croatia - Miroslav Bralo. This 37-year-old Bosnian Croat, who does not have Croatian citizenship, surrendered voluntarily to SFOR troops in Bosnia on November 10.