Seks Dismisses HHO Accusations about Perjury

This is a filthy attack on the freedom on the judiciary and an attempt to take justice into their own hands, Seks said.

ZAGREB, CROATIA – Croatian parliament’s deputy speaker Vladimir Seks today dismissed accusations made by the Croatian Helsikni Committee (HHO) that he committed perjury in the trial against Branimir Glavas for war crimes in Osijek in 1991. 

He stressed this was “an attempt of a group of people to take justice in their hands”. Seks told reporters in parliament that the court would rule on the truth, not the HHO.

- This is a filthy attack on the freedom on the judiciary and law-based state, an unbelievable attempt to take justice into their own hands and make assessments, judgements and verdicts on their own – Seks said.

‘He brought shame on Croatia’ 

Because of his testimony in the trial against Branimir Glavas for war crimes in Osijek in 1991, Vladimir Seks, who testified that traitors about whom he knew nothing about committed the crimes, should no longer perform the function of deputy parliament speaker or any other functions in authority, the Croatian Helsinki Committee (HHO) said at a news conference on Friday. 

According to the HHO’s Mladen Godek, with his false testimony and his attitude towards justice, Seks brought shame on himself and Croatia as a whole.