ZAGREB, April 29 (Hina) - After receiving the news about the death of General Janko Bobetko, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said on Tuesday that he had nothing to add to what had been reported by the media about the general's
engagement in the anti-Fascist struggle during the Second World War and his participation in the recent Homeland Defence War.
ZAGREB, April 29 (Hina) - After receiving the news about the death
of General Janko Bobetko, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said on
Tuesday that he had nothing to add to what had been reported by the
media about the general's engagement in the anti-Fascist struggle
during the Second World War and his participation in the recent
Homeland Defence War. #L#
The head of state declined to comment on an indictment issued by the
prosecution of the UN war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) against the late general.
"Now that he died, I would rather not comment on what Bobetko was
blamed for. I always assume that a man is innocent until found
guilty, and Gen. Bobetko must be treated in the same manner. Let all
other things be part of history, and we must respect him for his
merits," Mesic told reporters.
President Mesic has forwarded a letter of condolence to the Bobetko
family, the Office of the President of the Republic reported.