MOSTAR, May 1 (Hina) - Attorneys representing former Bosnian Croat officials Ante Jelavic and Miroslav Prce have urged Bosnian Constitutional Court president Marko Tadic and Justice Minister Slobodan Kovac to ensure the release of
their clients from custody and thus carry out a Constitutional Court decision to that effect.
MOSTAR, May 1 (Hina) - Attorneys representing former Bosnian Croat
officials Ante Jelavic and Miroslav Prce have urged Bosnian
Constitutional Court president Marko Tadic and Justice Minister
Slobodan Kovac to ensure the release of their clients from custody and
thus carry out a Constitutional Court decision to that effect.#L#
The Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina has refused to release Jelavic and
Prce, whom the state prosecutor's office charged with abuse of office
in connection with Hercegovacka Banka. This Court has said it is not
bound by the Constitutional Court decision as it refers to the
prosecution of Croat self-government before the cantonal court in
Sarajevo.
Attorneys Josip Muselimovic and Zarko Bulic also objected to the
decision of the Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina to extend custody for
Jelavic and Prce for two months despite the Constitutional Court's
decision of April 19 that proceedings before the cantonal court in
Sarajevo be discontinued until it was established if the two former
officials enjoyed immunity.
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