Before that Cesic visited the site of a Serb ambush on Croatian police on Easter 1991, which he survived.
"I have come to this place to remember all victims of the Homeland War, to pay tribute to those who did not give their lives in vain, and to restore their pride and dignity as well as that of the Croatian state and the Croatian people, whom I will always serve and will never turn my back on them," Cesic said.
He said that it was exactly at Plitvice where Croatia embarked on the path of victory in the war and that he was confident that the Croatian people, together with him, would embark from the same place "towards a new victory on the path chartered by the first Croatian president Franjo Tudjman".
"A return to that path will also mean freedom for General Ante Gotovina, the greatest military commander of the Homeland War, who is now, unfortunately, being chased like a beast," Cesic said.
Cesic told voters to open their eyes and see who had served them when it was hardest and who would continue to serve them in the future, and urged them "to vote for such people, rather than for those who will turn their backs on you".
Speaking of the new Croatian War Veterans Act, Cesic said that there was nothing new in it because "those who attacked Croatia are now returning to it, and those who created it are suffering the most". He added that this was a sign that the rule of law had not yet taken root in Croatia.