Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Ex-Croat president: No funds from Albanian lobby

ZAGREB -- Former Croatian president Stjepan Mesić has denied during that his presidential campaign was funded by the Albanian lobby.

Stjepan Mesić (FoNet, file)
Stjepan Mesić (FoNet, file)

He made the statement during a court hearing in the Zagreb Municipal Court.

During the trial on defamation charges he filed against political scientist and publicist Darko Petričić, Mesić said on Monday that he "never saw the Albanians Petričić mentioned".

The former Croatian president said there was a report and audit findings which testify of the funds used in his first presidential campaign and that he "did not know anything about certain financiers and amounts".

Mesić added that his electoral board was in charge of such issues, but he that "no significant contributions came from Albanians".

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