Mesic said this after being asked if he was going to strip Glavas of his decorations after he was handed a prison sentence of 10 years by the Zagreb County Court and escaped to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
After visiting an association of Croatian Homeland Defence War veterans in Zagreb on Wednesday, the president said he was receiving questions why he stripped General Vladimir Zagorec of decoration before his guilty verdict for abuse of office and embezzlement of defence funds became final.
"He (Zagorec) was stripped of awards as he failed to respect judicial institutions of this country, and this case (Glavas) is only now under procedure and all who do not respect Croatian institutions will have the same destiny (as Zagorec). We'll see what happens, this issue has been topical only for two days," Mesic said.