The Authorities Were Not Forcing out the Serbs

Vesna Skare Ozbolt, who used to the the head of the President’s Office during Franjo Tudjman and later the Justice Minister is giving her testimony as a defence witness for Ante Gotovina at the ICTY for the second day running. According to her Tudjman had never spoken of or ordered the expulsion of Serbs from Croatia, but rather the Serbs and their leadership did not want to live in Croatia. She confirmed that the intention of the state authorities was not to force out the local Serbs, but just the opposite – the aim was to keep as many of them as possible in Croatia.