Mesic gave the statement during a regular meeting with citizens on Saturday, while commenting on yesterday's statement by Parliament Speaker Vladimir Seks that the SDP motion was in the function of the election campaign.
"I don't see it as part of the election campaign, but as a proposal to set in motion the process of dealing (with the past), from which the incumbent government can benefit the most," Mesic said.
He dismissed media speculation that he and SDP leader Ivica Racan had held talks to agree on measures against war profiteering.
"I came up with the proposal to start that process and establish where the money plundered in Croatia had disappeared," Mesic said, adding that he had been urging dealing with this problem since 1990.
He added that it would be good for political parties to reach a consensus on the matter.
Commenting on the statement by former Health and Defence Minister Andrija Hebrang that most funds had been plundered in refugee care, Mesic said that Hebrang should submit evidence in his possession to relevant bodies.
Commenting on media reports that after Bulgaria's and Romania's admission to the European Union, the door to the EU would remain closed to Croatia for a long time, Mesic said he did not believe this would happen.
Croatia has launched entry negotiations with the EU and will complete them successfully, he said.
As for criticisms which the media claim will be levelled against Croatia for corruption, Mesic said that corruption was a major problem, in transition countries and the most developed countries alike.
"The question is what is being done to prosecute those suspected of corruption," he said, adding that corruption started in state institutions and public companies and that legislation should be adopted to deal with that problem.