-> ,validPeriod= 1 -> Prosecutors accused Szeszeljowi organize a "criminal enterprise" together with then-President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. However, according to the UN tribunal. War crimes in the former Yugoslavia, the prosecution did not show sufficient evidence for the existence of "joint criminal enterprise" or that the purpose of the agreement was the crime, not the defense of Serbs and preserve Yugoslavia. In the grounds of the judgment that in rehearsals the judge fell niejednomyślnie it stressed that the idea of creating a Greater Serbia by joining considered Serb territories in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina was "political objective" and not criminal plan, as they wanted to prosecutors. As Judge Antonetti said, quoted by the Serbian portal B-92, "the prosecutor presented the general statements that were not supported by evidence." The majority of judges concluded that the prosecution had not been consistent in separating the criminal acts committed by Szeszelja and acts committed in the framework of "joint criminal enterprise". According to the tribunal court it could also conclude that Szeszelj incited war crimes, because the prosecution failed to prove a causal relationship between his speeches and crimes. There is no evidence a "hierarchical relationship between Szeszeljem and volunteers" who participated in the crimes. Antonetti said Szeszelj "could have a range of moral authority" over the folded their paramilitary militias, but the members of these formations "were not subject to him when they went to battle." The judges concluded, inter alia, that the words of the speech Szeszelja to his soldiers: "No Ustashe (a derogatory term for Croats referring to Croatian fascists - PAP) can not leave Vukovar alive" - have been delivered 'in the context of conflict "and therefore can not be excluded that" aimed at raising the morale of his troops, and not inciting them to kill everyone. " Prosecutors, who demanded to Szeszelja 28 years in prison, handed in a written statement that a possible decision on an appeal will take after hearing the reasoning of judges, including a separate opinion filed by Italian Judge Flavia Lattanzi. The 61-year-old Szeszelja was not in the courtroom during the reading of the judgment. Since November 2014, suffering from cancer policy was in Serbia for health reasons. According to Hague prosecutors later his behavior violated the terms of release, but he refused to return to The Hague. Shortly after the verdict Szeszelj said at a press conference in Belgrade that the acquittal him, the UN tribunal made the only possible decision. "This time, after so many processes in which innocent Serbs planting of draconian penalties, the judges showed that the higher value the honor than political pressure," - he said. The UN tribunal called "antyserbskim court in the hands of Western powers" who "legally does not matter." "From the beginning it was clear that I was acquitted, spread all presented there, fabricated evidence" - he said. He added that in spite of the processes taking place against the Serbs in The Hague, "the idea of Greater Serbia remains powerful, with me or without me." He stated that he is not interested in his reaction to the judgment in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EU and the US has accused of "supporting all the enemies of Serbia". He said that although he could get a light sentence, "so to not angry Serb enemies." He referred also to the judgment on Karadzic, the same tribunal in The Hague sentenced less than a week ago 40 years in prison. "The idiot who thought Karadzic, I certainly have awarded more. If Karadzic gave 40 years, it would give me between 70 and 80" - quote the words Szeszelja Croatian media. The headquarters led by Szeszelja anti-EU, pro-Russian Serbian Radical Party (SRS) in Belgrade ruling was adopted by cheers. Agents note that acquittal Szeszelja can affect the outcome of the SRS in the elections on April 24 and enable a grouping to return to parliament. Szeszelj was tried for the crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia in 1991-93, mainly Croats and Bośniakach (Muslims. It is also known as the creator of the famed paramilitary atrocities "Chetniks", created on the model of branches monarchist partisans during the second world war. Serbian politician who in 2003 voluntarily surrendered to the tribunal, he never pleaded guilty. His trial lasted intermittently from November 2006; it was the longest process pending before the United Nations; neither tribunal. crimes in the former Yugoslavia. in Croatia, sentencing was received with disbelief. "shock in the Hague" - titled relationship daily "Jutranji letter." Prime Minister of Croatia Tihomir Oreszković found that the acquittal Szeszelja is "shameful judgment and failure of the Hague tribunal and the prosecutor's office." He spoke about it during his visit to Vukovar, where he laid wreaths to commemorate the victims of the massacre at the hospital in 1991, in which the hands of the Serb died approx. 250 people, mostly Croats . On the question whether the judgment will affect the attitude of Zagreb ws. Adoption of Serbia to the EU, said: "The conditions are clear. We have to fulfill the conditions, then they will have to." The judgment acquitting for Szeszelja many Bosnians adopted in disbelief. Munir Subaszić from the association Mothers of Srebrenica assessed: "Szeszelj it was their nightmare. They let him to simply get rid of it." According to her, "this is not the case," and is guilty of "a great lobby Serbs, Serbia and Russia." "It's absolutely shocking" - said the lawyer Senad Pecanin, quoted by AP. Politics student Ismar Jakamović noted, in turn, that if the opinion of the tribunal, "calling for the creation of a Greater Serbia was a political activity, not a criminal, whether I can now call for the establishment of an Islamic state with no consequences?". "It's a joke" - he added. Prosecutor of the Hague tribunal transferred the victims of crime Szeszelja are disappointed by an acquittal for Szeszelja. (PAP) Subscribe to digital Electoral available through the internet, phone, tablet and eReader from 19.90 per month
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