Croatia's ex-president denies he took bribes

Former Croatian President Stjepan Mesić has once again denied that he was in any way connected to the Patria corruption affair.

Izvor: Tanjug

Monday, 07.10.2013.

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ZAGREB Former Croatian President Stjepan Mesic has once again denied that he was in any way connected to the Patria corruption affair. The scandal concerns allegations that Finland's Patria company bribed officials in Croatia and Slovenia as it was closing deals to sell its armored vehicles there. Croatia's ex-president denies he took bribes Appearing on Croatia's state television HRT over the weekend, Mesic was presented with the official document of the Finnish State Prosecution, that showed three Patria managers had been indicted for giving bribes to the Croatian president, and a former director of the Djuro Djakovic company. However, Mesic reacted by saying that "such a thing does not exist," and that "nobody had accused him of that." When the host insisted that the document did contain his name, Mesic responded: "What does it mean, that it contains my name?" The Croatian media are also reporting that the former president "admitted" that he had been offered bribes, but only once in his career - while he was serving as municipal president, but that he "naturally refused." Mesic once again said the allegations against him meant that "the intelligence underground of setting him up" - and explained it by "the fairly dangerous bogeyman of historic revisionism in Croatia, aimed at turning the Second World War winners into criminals, and losers into winners." Stjepan Mesic (FoNet, file) Tanjug

Croatia's ex-president denies he took bribes

Appearing on Croatia's state television HRT over the weekend, Mesić was presented with the official document of the Finnish State Prosecution, that showed three Patria managers had been indicted for giving bribes to the Croatian president, and a former director of the Đuro Đaković company.

However, Mesić reacted by saying that "such a thing does not exist," and that "nobody had accused him of that."

When the host insisted that the document did contain his name, Mesić responded: "What does it mean, that it contains my name?"

The Croatian media are also reporting that the former president "admitted" that he had been offered bribes, but only once in his career - while he was serving as municipal president, but that he "naturally refused."

Mesić once again said the allegations against him meant that "the intelligence underground of setting him up" - and explained it by "the fairly dangerous bogeyman of historic revisionism in Croatia, aimed at turning the Second World War winners into criminals, and losers into winners."

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