"I did not do it when Domagoj Margetic published my testimony because I have no interest in persons like him. I spoke the truth in The Hague and I stand by what I said at the time. The only thing that has changed is that I used to be under police surveillance and now I am under police protection. Those who wanted to manipulate the public and portray a false picture of me are not interested in the truth," Mesic said during a visit to the northern town of Donja Stubica on Wednesday.
Mesic said that he did not realise at the start of his term in office that he should have requested that the transcript of his testimony be declassified and that his status of a protected witness be abolished since he testified as a member of the public.