Norac’s amnesty
(on croatian at 45 lines, 03.07.2005)
After amnesty of Stjepan Grandic, third accused in process for war crime in Gospic in 1991. and amnesty of several Serbs accused for war crimes, the preparation are coming to end for Mirko Norac, second accused in process for Gospic, ask from President Stjepan Mesic for amnesty, and he to give him.
It can not only be seen from support , which for mentioned decisions of Mesic’s Commission for amnesty had got from Ivan Zvonimir Cicak.
The truth is that Ivan Zvonimir Cicak was gracious to Mirko Norac even while Milan Levar was alive, and that he through Ante Kotromanovic stayed in connection with condemned duke for war crimes. Cicak’s closeness with Norac could be described through mutual connections with Miro Laco, Mirko Ljubicic Sveps, Tomislav Karamarko and Vladimir Faber.
That is exactly the circle which works the most on Norac’s amnesty from Stjepan Mesic.
That’s why, in establishing level of preparations for Norac’s amnesty, would be the best to limit on statements of President Stjepan Mesic.
In interview to his biographer, Ivica Djikic, in the last issue of Feral Tribune, Mesic criticizes Minister of justice, Vesna Skare Ozbolt, because she criticized mentioned amnesties, and reproaches to her that in Croatia till now for war crime are convicted only three Croats and about hundred Serbs.
And when Djikic asks him why he amnestied one of those three Croats, Grandic, Mesic avoids direct answer and says that he didn’t think were those amnestied Croats, Serbs or Russians, and another his indirect responsibility ascribes to Minister of Justice:
Or, on the other side, a man shoots a bullet in head of a nineteen-year-old boy, and on trial the gun was lost, for what nobody is responsible, and in the end that killer get not full five years in prison. What kind of logic is that!? Let Minister Skare Ozbolt think over that and say what should be done to gain same standards of processing.
Right on the next page of Feral Tribune, journalist Vladimir Matijanic writes that Ranko Marijan, the judge reporter to Supreme court in case Vinko Budisa, who shot mentioned five bullets into Milenko Djekic’s head, is most deserving that killer got not full five years in prison, as Mesic said.
And very that Mesic recently suggested Ranko Marijan for President of Supreme court of Croatia.
When he is so forgetful, it is hard to expect from Mesic to remember why he didn’t object to Minister Ingrid Marinovic Anticevic, who confirmed Igor Benzon for President of County court in Split, and he could be held hierarchical responsible for disappearing of gun from court’s rooms, by which Djekic was murdered.
Benzon later gave the case Lora on process to Slavko Lozina, who were the first degree judge in case Budisa.
So, Mesic’s avoiding of mentioning Grandic, is absolutely sure sign that next step is amnesty of Mirko Norac.
Maybe Norac’s letter from prison in Glina is expected, with which from leadership of Chivarlic Association of Alkars would be asked apology for President Mesic, because his gift on Alka was refused, on which won Ivica Peric, together with two other alkars, later thrown out from the Association. Mesic already asked from Chivarlic Association of Alkars to three expelleds take back again, and then he will think about sponsorship on this year Alka.
Second signal in that Mesic’s interview is a statement that after all wars were waves of amnesties, but also must be some pardons.
All that worries international community, because ICTY should make a decision about giving case Medacki dzep (Medak Pocket), in which till now are condemned Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac on domestic prosecution.
Although that disparity didn’t improve recently, it is important to emphasize that report is for 2002. and 2003. , the time in which Ingrid Anticevic Marinovic was Minister of justice, Mladen Bajic principal state atorney, and Mesic’s former employees on place of President of Supreme court, Ivica Crnic.
International jurisprudent practice doesn’t mark amnesty of war criminals, so circles close to ICTY, don’t believe that Croatia will get processing in case Medacki dzep. The credit for that in this case goes to President Stjepan Mesic.
Because of all that, very naive seems wiev of Boris Pavelic in Novi list on role of Stjepan Mesic, towards jurisprudent .
Namely, Mesic’s too general explanation to medias, after he recently amnestied four war criminals – that social circummstances has changed, actually suggests that Mesic has considered the fact that the same criminal acts, with different punishments, were penalised in 90-ies and today.
-The verdicts for war crime against civil population, in processes in which the accused one was burdened by commanding responsibility, and not for personally commited crimes, in the nineties were given 20 years in prison, and today for the same crimes are given 10 years in prison. Courts, of course, can’t change the decisions from that time, but it can be taken in consider in amnesty. Couldn’t, than, such change of social circummstances, consider as a reason for amnesty?, asked the source of our papers, close one to President of Croatia.
I almost forget.
Ivan Zvonimir Cicak, in Saturday’s column in Jutarnji list, claims that international community recognized results which with its work, to leadership of POA, showed Tomislav Karamarko.
What are the results? Who recognised it in international community? As far as I know, from Bruxelless, about Tomislav Karamarko, laudably spoke only Ines Sabalic.
Carla Del Ponte nicely said to Mladen Bajic when he is going to have something more concrete about Gotovina’s salaries in Italy (investigation made by Tomislav Karamarko) to let her know. And what is he going to tell her when he didn’t send Gotovina’s DNA to Italy, nor DNK from supposed general-lovers trousers to him. It must be that Ivo Sanader keep in a little distance Cicak, because he didn’t warn him that exactly from international community was said to him to give up placing Karamarko for chief of police (or, God save, bigger evil, Minister of Homeland security), about what Prime Minister informed only Davor Butkovic.
