ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - Croatian Premier Ivica Racan on Tuesday informed Presidents of six parties in the ruling coalition of documents which the Government found referring to the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Government believes
that those papers can help the defence of General Tihomir Blaskic before the Hague-based International War Crimes Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY). "We have received some information from Premier Racan concerning the documents and this will be discussed at Friday's session of the parliamentary committee for interior policy and national security," said Zlatko Tomcic, the President of the Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) and Sabor Speaker. On Monday Racan said that a few days before the Government had found documents on war event in Bosnia covering the period from 1992 to 1994, and those papers could help to identify perpetrators of the murder of about a h
ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - Croatian Premier Ivica Racan on Tuesday
informed Presidents of six parties in the ruling coalition of
documents which the Government found referring to the war in
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The Government believes that those papers can help the defence of
General Tihomir Blaskic before the Hague-based International War
Crimes Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
"We have received some information from Premier Racan concerning
the documents and this will be discussed at Friday's session of the
parliamentary committee for interior policy and national
security," said Zlatko Tomcic, the President of the Croatian
Peasants' Party (HSS) and Sabor Speaker.
On Monday Racan said that a few days before the Government had found
documents on war event in Bosnia covering the period from 1992 to
1994, and those papers could help to identify perpetrators of the
murder of about a hundred Bosniaks (Moslems) in the central Bosnian
village of Ahmici. He added that the documents would be made
available to Blaskic's defence, believing it could help him and the
defence of the Republic of Croatia from accusations raised by the
ICTY.
Tomcic said the parties' leaders were not given those papers to see
them. According to Racan, former authorities (when the HDZ party
was in power) knew that there were the documents but did not want to
deliver them to Blaskic's defence lawyers.
Those documents are very interesting and I deeply believe that, if
the Hague Tribunal gains an insight in them, they would have an
impact on the final judgement for the Blaskic case, said Vlado
Gotovac, the President of the Liberal party (LS). The LS leader
confirmed that Blaskic's diary from war times was among those
documents.
Last Friday, the ICTY sentenced Blaskic to 45 years in prison.
Tomcic and Gotovac told reporters that representatives of the six
parties in the ruling coalition had set up a commission which would
prepare Constitutional changes, adding that there were no precise
time terms for their elaboration. The commission consists of one
member from each party, and Stjepan Ivanisevic, Justice Minister is
at the helm.
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