SPLIT, May 3 (Hina) - The president of the opposition Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), Anto Djapic, on Saturday commented on yesterday's funeral of General Janko Bobetko and the decision of the Rijeka County Court not to allow convict
Mirko Norac to attend.
SPLIT, May 3 (Hina) - The president of the opposition Croatian Party
of Rights (HSP), Anto Djapic, on Saturday commented on yesterday's
funeral of General Janko Bobetko and the decision of the Rijeka
County Court not to allow convict Mirko Norac to attend. #L#
Djapic said he suspected Defence Minister Zeljka Antunovic had
influenced the decision not to allow Norac, who is serving a
sentence for war crimes, to attend the funeral, which had been one
of Bobetko's last wishes. Djapic said he had "heard this from
journalists".
"If it is true, then it's impermissible because it means the
executive authority is interfering with courts' decisions," he
said, adding it would be interesting to see if Antunovic had talked
with the Rijeka court's president. If it is true, the minister
should resign, he said.
Speaking of the Bobetko funeral, Djapic said the Hague war crimes
tribunal's indictment against the former military chief-of-staff
had scared the political power-wielders, who he said were powerful
only in Croatia, while doing everything that was asked of them from
abroad.
Djapic talked to reporters in Split after the HSP held the Adriatic
Convention, which discussed the economic orientation of the
Adriatic and constitutes the start of the party's campaign for
parliamentary elections.
Djapic said negotiations with the Croatian Democratic Union and
other parties would continue next week. He said the HSP, after years
of being marginalised, was being considered a possible part of a
ruling coalition for the first time.
"They will never again be able to say that the HSP is too extreme and
that Europe wouldn't accept us if people voted for the HSP," said
Djapic.
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