ZAGREB, April 17 (Hina)- Organised crime has its people in politics, judiciary, courts and the media, resigned Chief State Prosecutor Radovan Ortynski said in his final address to the Sabor on Wednesday, presenting an annual report on
the activities of the State Prosecutor's Office.
ZAGREB, April 17 (Hina)- Organised crime has its people in
politics, judiciary, courts and the media, resigned Chief State
Prosecutor Radovan Ortynski said in his final address to the Sabor
on Wednesday, presenting an annual report on the activities of the
State Prosecutor's Office. #L#
He claimed that the media lynch against him was instigated by
organised crime and some journalists were paid fees to publicly
discredit him.
He expressed hope that his successor will enter "calmer waters" on
his way to the objective he himself endeavoured to achieve: the
uncompromising battle against crime and faultless functioning of
the law-based state.
The report on the work of the State Prosecution that was negatively
assessed by the government and prior to which Ortynski submitted
his resignation will be voted on by the Sabor on Thursday.
Most party benches announced that they would not vote either yea or
neigh on the Report but would ask that it be supplemented with
proposed measures for a more efficient battle against economic and
organised crime.
Only MP's of the SDP are against the Report, the HSP/HKDU party
bench abstained, while the HDZ announced that it would not vote at
all.
Individual arguments in support of Ortynski were made by MP Ljubo
Cesic-Rojs (HDZ) and Anto Kovacevic (HKDU) who consider "Ortynski a
victim of the mob and part of former and current authorities".
Cesic-Rojs asked how it was possible that Ortynski resigned just as
the Rijecka Banka affair was discovered and concluded that it was
obviously in someone's interest for the truth about this affair not
to be revealed.
(hina) sp sb