Susak, Perkovic, Lausic
Josip Perkovic and commanding responsibility for war crimes in Gospic, Lora, Derventa…(on croatian)
In the first line – from left to right: Mate Lausic, Gojko Susak and Josip Perkovic
If ICTY put in process the case Gospic, Josip Perkovic, in time of commitment of crimes, assistant of minister of defense for security (authorized for military counterintelligence secret service SIS and Military police), after Tudjman and Susak’s death, according to the principle of commanding responsibility, would be the firs accused.
In the time of crime, Mirko Norac was inferior to Perkovic, and after the crime, Perkovic protected Tihomir Oreskovic from civilian service, the secretary of Cross command for Lika, from penal pursuit, in way to give him a job in SIS (Military Counterintelligence Secret Service), with himself. On trial in Rijeka, which was led by brave judge Ika Saric, Perkovic was called only as a witness, and not accused. He claimed that he didn’t know for crimes which was done by accused Oreskovic and Norac, although several witnesses claimed that they informed Perkovic on time what kind of crimes were done in Gospic. As a reporter from Novi list noticed on trial, the journalist Ico Mikulicic, Perkovic’s testimony went to favour of Norac and Oreskovic.
Josip Perkovic, as right hand of deceased minister of defense, Gojko Susak, was informed, and by testimony of former military policeman, Mario Barisic, even participated in hiding of war crimes in Split’s Lora and place Derventa in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Perkovic’s role in the war, and untouchable position towards ICTY (reporter Jasna Babic in book Conspiracy Blaskic, wrote that Josip Perkovic decisively helped the lawyer Anto Nobilo to reduce the punishment to Tihomir Blaskic) and Croatian administration of justice, reminded of case of Aleksandar Vasiljevic, war chief of KOS (Counterintelligence service of Yugoslav People’s Army). Vasiljevic was only witness on trial to Milosevic and witness on trial for war crime on Ovcara in Belgrade, and not the accused.
Croatian President, Stjepan Mesic, named Perkovic’s son Sasa for his advisor for national security, and said that Josip Perkovic after first democratic elections include in intelligence services, he formed Croatian intelligence service and went to retirement. There were those who were suspicious about his good attentions, but nothing was to put against him.
That is completely wrong statement, because Josip Perkovic in time of Yugoslavia, by the end of 70’s, was arrested by BND in Swizerland, under accusation that he brought a gun to certain Josip Miller and 70 000 Deutsch Marks at that time to kill one Croatian political emigrant on teritory of Federal Republic of Germany.
German intelligence diplomacy can’t understand that one agent, who was caught in flagranti, by foreign secret service, can later make great career in Yugoslavia and also in independedt Croatia. Such example is not known in the whole world.
Many of analysts today in Croatia think that Josip Perkovic, although in retirement, has decisive influence on decisions which, about secret services and organised crime, brings Premier Sanader and President Mesic. Supposedly, on Sanader is influenced through the chief of POA, Tomislav Karamarko, and on President Mesic, through his son, Sasa Perkovic.
We bring two reports of his testimoy on trial for war crime in Rijeka (Oreskovic spy of FBI and Stedul, Oreskovic, Perkovic ), which shows, that not only on time he didn’t prevent the crime, but he didn’t for about ten years as a witness want to clear up the case, and that guilty persons, direct guilty persons, Tihomir Oreskovic and Mirko Norac are punished. It is not difficult to guess why, if we go back on the principle of commanding responsibility.
