The Croatian Government has agreed to arrest and extradite war crimes suspects to The Hague tribunal - but four ministers resigned over the decision, sparking a political crisis.
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8 July 2001 y., Sunday
The Croatian Government has agreed to arrest and extradite war crimes suspects to The Hague tribunal - but four ministers resigned over the decision, sparking a political crisis.
Prime Minister Ivica Racan said he would seek a confidence vote on the issue "as soon as possible," and would resign if he didn't get parliamentary backing.
On Friday, the war crimes tribunal's chief prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, went to Zagreb to urge Mr Racan to act without delay on sealed indictments for two suspects. As in Serbia, the decision to cooperate with the tribunal has caused a rift between reformers and nationalists, and could bring down the Croatian Government. Mr Racan also faces demonstrations from war veterans and nationalists.
The UN war crimes tribunal served two sealed indictments almost a month ago.Tribunal prosecutors have been investigating the killings of hundreds of Croatian Serbs following the Croatian army's 1995 offensive to recapture land seized by Yugoslav-backed rebels during the six-month war of 1991.
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