ZAGREB, Dec 16 (Hina) - "Scandalous and shocking" is how the association for the protection of Homeland War values HONOS described the discovery that Hague war crimes tribunal chief prosecutor Carla del Ponte, announcing indictments
against Croatian generals Rahim Ademi and Ante Gotovina, had told Deputy Prime Minister Goran Granic she hoped the names would suit the Croatian government for political reasons, which Drazen Budisa alleged in a recent interview. Referring to the allegation which Budisa, a candidate for the president of the ruling coalition's Social Liberals (HSLS), made on Saturday, HONOS said in a statement on Sunday del Ponte "openly showed her indictments were motivated by politics and not the proper causes." HONOS maintains Budisa's claim "strongly compromises" the incumbent government. "Acting on such... indictments is tantamount to the political persecution of the most deserving Croati
ZAGREB, Dec 16 (Hina) - "Scandalous and shocking" is how the
association for the protection of Homeland War values HONOS
described the discovery that Hague war crimes tribunal chief
prosecutor Carla del Ponte, announcing indictments against
Croatian generals Rahim Ademi and Ante Gotovina, had told Deputy
Prime Minister Goran Granic she hoped the names would suit the
Croatian government for political reasons, which Drazen Budisa
alleged in a recent interview.
Referring to the allegation which Budisa, a candidate for the
president of the ruling coalition's Social Liberals (HSLS), made on
Saturday, HONOS said in a statement on Sunday del Ponte "openly
showed her indictments were motivated by politics and not the
proper causes."
HONOS maintains Budisa's claim "strongly compromises" the
incumbent government.
"Acting on such... indictments is tantamount to the political
persecution of the most deserving Croatian generals, with the
assistance of the Hague tribunal," the association said in the
statement.
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