Naturally, we would like to see the success of the defence teams. However, we must know that there were crimes in some areas perpetrated also by our side. Therefore it should be established who was responsible for that, Josipovic said in an interview with Radio Dubrovnik. The interview was also aired by the Croatian Radio.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) held closing arguments in the trial of the three Croatian generals this past week. The trial chamber's presiding Judge Alphons Orie said a judgement could be expected in the foreseeable future.
In response to the question whether he would do the same as he did in the Branimir Glavas case in the event of the guilty verdicts for the three generals, Josipovic answered in the affirmative.
"The law is the law. It is not good If we are going to apply it selectively," the Croatian president said adding that it is only the court that can establish whether somebody has breached international law or not.
Commenting on the withdrawal of the government-sponsored amendments to the Labour Act from the parliamentary procedure, Josipovic said that the will of citizens must not be ignored.
Now all of us must think how to implement what citizens want and this is a very important test of democracy for the government, the Opposition and trade unions, he said.