At yesterday’s press conference, leader of Serbian Radical Party Vojislav Seselj, who was acquitted on all 9 counts of crimes against Croats and Muslims in Croatia, Vojvodina and Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1991 to 1993, said that the Trial Chamber in The Hague made “the only possible decision”.
“After so many processes to innocent indicted Serbs, two honorable and honest judges appeared and have demonstrated that professionalism and honor are above all political pressures. They brought the only possible verdict. When I went to The Hague, I knew that they cannot prove any crime. When I finished my job and won, I was not interested much in punishment and verdict,” said Seselj.
Leader of the Radicals briefly emphasized “that he does not feel guilty for anything, and he does not care for the reactions of Croatia and BiH”. He added that he is expecting that Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic invites him to visit in the future.
“The world public pretty much forgot what kind of torment Serbian nation was going through at the end of the 90’s, how many unarmed Serbs were killed during the secession of Slovenia, as well as how many Serbs Croats have killed,” said Seselj. In BiH, the bloody civil war was taking place in which the West also stood on the side of our opponents. The West bombed Serbia in 1999 in order to help the terrorists from Kosovo. This and earlier bombing we, as a nation, will never forget. Those who bombed us than, cannot expect to be our friends,” said Seselj.
Seselj emphasized once again that, during the trial, he suffered non-pecuniary damage which cannot be compensated only by statement about the violation of his rights, but also the payment of compensation for damage, which is why he requested 12 million EUR from the Hague Tribunal.
“Maybe I could got at least a little bit not to get Serbian enemies and anti-Serbs angry,” said Seselj at yesterday’s press conference.
To recall, the Trial Chamber acquitted Seselj for crimes against humanity – persecution of non-Serbs on political, racial and religious grounds; deportation and forcible transfer. In the six charges, the leader of Radicals was acquitted of charges of war crimes – murder, torture, cruel treatment, wanton destruction or devastation not justified by military necessity, destruction of religious objects and plunder of public or private property.
These crimes, according to the indictment, were committed in Zvornik, Vukovar, Mostar, Nevesinje, Brcko, Bosanski Samac, the greater area of Sarajevo and the village of Hrtkovci in Vojvodina.
(Source: avaz.ba)
