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1 Friday, 3 March
2 [Open session]
3 [The accused entered court]
4 [The witness entered court]
5 Upon commencing at p.m.
6 JUDGE MOLOTO: Mr. Babic, as always, I remind you that you are
7 bound by the declaration you made at the beginning of your testimony to
8 give the truth, the whole truth, and nothing else but the truth. Thank
9 you.
10 THE WITNESS: [Interpretation] Yes, Your Honour.
11 WITNESS: MILAN BABIC [Resumed]
12 [Witness answered through interpreter]
13 JUDGE MOLOTO: Mr. Milovancevic.
14 Cross-examination by Mr. Milovancevic: [Continued]
15 MR. MILOVANCEVIC: [Interpretation]
16 Q. Good afternoon, Mr. Babic.
17 A. Good afternoon.
18 Q. I will begin, as usual, with a request, which actually pertains
19 also to me, and that is that we need to pay attention and make pauses
20 between question and answer so that the interpreters could do their job
21 properly.
22 At the very beginning of the cross-examination, Mr. Babic, we
23 mentioned the founding of the Croatian Democratic Community at the
24 beginning of in Croatia. Was that the time that this happened?
25 A. I don't know exactly when it was but it was established before the
1 law on parties was adopted, I think, so it was sometime in I don't
2 know exactly when.
3 Q. We also mentioned the HDZ Assembly held at the Lisinski hall on
4 the 24th of February , when the introductory speech was given by
5 Mr. Tudjman, stating the party's programme. Do you remember that?
6 A. Yes.
7 Q. We also mentioned a sentence from Mr. Tudjman's speech on that day
8 in February , which stated - I'm paraphrasing - the independent
9 Republic of Croatia was not only a quisling creation and a fascist crime
10 but it was also an expression of the historical aspirations of the
11 Croatian people. Do you recall that sentence, Mr. Babic?
12 A. Yes, I do.
13 Q. Are you aware that the HDZ Assembly sent an appeal -- or the
14 actual party, the HDZ party, appealed to the citizens
Josip Boljkovac
Croatian politician
Josip Boljkovac (Croatian pronunciation:[jǒsipbǒʎkovat͡s]; 12 November – 10 November ) was a Croatian politician who served as the first Minister of Internal Affairs in the Croatian Government, thus being one of the closest associates of former President Franjo Tudjman.
Biography
Born in Vukova Gorica near Karlovac, Boljkovac was an active member of the anti-fascist movement before World War II.
During World War II, Boljkovac fought with the Yugoslav Partisans since the very beginning of the anti-fascist uprising. He even met Randolph Churchill during his military mission. After the war, he served as the local chief of the Yugoslav secret police OZNA in Karlovac. He was later appointed as mayor of Karlovac, a post he held from to
After democratic reforms in Croatia in , Boljkovac joined the conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and became the country's first Minister of Internal Affairs. He was removed from office by Tudjman one year later.
Profiling himself as a moderate, in he left the party and became a fierce critic of Tudjman's policy. He joined the Croatian Independent Democrats (HND) and later, with that party's marginalization, the liberal Croatian People's Party (HNS). Boljkovac also ran on the electoral list of the Croatian Party of Pensioners (HSU) and the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) in separate elections.
In , Boljkovac launched a bid to form a Josip Broz Tito Society, to celebrate the role of the former Yugoslav president.
Local police investigated Boljkovac's role in World War II and post-war SR Croatia, which led to his arrest on 2 November on charges of war crimes for his role in the massacre of 21 civilians in the vicinity of Duga Resa in May He was transferred to Remetinec prison where he was detained for one month due to the severity of the charges. After
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