ZAGREB, Feb 21 (Hina) - I can guarantee on behalf of the Government that the processing of the 1991 Gospic case as well as the processing of General Mirko Norac in that case or any other crime allegedly committed between 1991 and 1995
on Croatia's territory is in the hands of the Croatian judiciary, Prime Minister Ivica Racan told an extraordinary news conference on Wednesday. I expect General Norac to respond to the summons of the Rijeka court and I believe that he, considering his character, will do it, Racan said. The government's role in this case has been finished and it is now up to the judiciary to wrap the case up, he said. Asked whether he had had any contacts with General Norac, Racan said he had and had talked to him over the phone several times. The chief prosecutor of the Hague war crimes tribunal for former Yugoslavia, Carla del Ponte, told reporters in The Hague today the tribunal would
ZAGREB, Feb 21 (Hina) - I can guarantee on behalf of the Government
that the processing of the 1991 Gospic case as well as the
processing of General Mirko Norac in that case or any other crime
allegedly committed between 1991 and 1995 on Croatia's territory is
in the hands of the Croatian judiciary, Prime Minister Ivica Racan
told an extraordinary news conference on Wednesday.
I expect General Norac to respond to the summons of the Rijeka court
and I believe that he, considering his character, will do it, Racan
said.
The government's role in this case has been finished and it is now up
to the judiciary to wrap the case up, he said.
Asked whether he had had any contacts with General Norac, Racan said
he had and had talked to him over the phone several times.
The chief prosecutor of the Hague war crimes tribunal for former
Yugoslavia, Carla del Ponte, told reporters in The Hague today the
tribunal would leave all proceedings which might be conducted
against Norac to the Croatian judiciary.
(hina) rml