The lawyers said that a number of mistakes had been made in the process, one of them being that the Credentials and Privileges Commission's decision was made on the basis of a request from the Osijek County Prosecutor's Office at the very start of the investigation, before any evidence was presented.
The parliament approved the Commission's decision in November last year, at the time when it was not in session, the lawyers said in the request, adding that the decision was based solely on suspicion and on a statement by one witness "which, as it transpired in the meantime, was obtained unlawfully and as such cannot be used as evidence in the proceedings".
Glavas's attorneys claim that the Commission's decision had already been consummated because the Osijek County Court, acting on a motion from the Osijek County Prosecutor's Office to set detention and after it received the Commission's decision of October 26, turned down the prosecution's motion on November 10.
Glavas's lawyers also submitted a motion to the Osijek County Court regarding its decision of Monday to set detention for Glavas and extend it for six other suspects in the Sellotape case, which concerns the murder of civilians on the banks of the Drava River in 1991.
The attorneys said that issuing a warrant for Glavas's arrest and detention before the parliament reconsidered its previous decision and made a new one would constitute a very serious violation of the Constitution.
No information was available today at the Osijek Police Department or the County Court on whether the arrest warrant had been sent to the police.