Klickovic et al: Initiator with competencies
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The trial of the three indictees charged with crimes committed in Bosanska Krupa continued with the introduction of the Prosecution’s material evidence. The Prosecution alleged, among other things, that Gojko Klickovic and the wartime Presidency “controlled everything that happened” in that area.
The Prosecution alleged that in one item of correspondence, addressed by the wartime Presidency to the Fourth Battalion Staffs on April 27, 1992, all snipers were to report to so-called Serb Jasenica.
“By looking at this piece of correspondence one can notice that the wartime Presidency had direct control over military affairs. This document was signed by Gojko Klickovic,” Prosecutor Philip Alcock said.
The indictment alleges that Gojko Klickovic was President of the wartime Presidency of the Serb municipality of Bosanska Krupa for a certain period of time. Klickovic, Jovan Ostojic and Mladen Drljaca are charged with a number of crimes committed in that city in 1992.
The Prosecution presented an approval issued by the wartime Presidency pertaining to the handover of weapons previously seized from Bosniaks in Zaluge village.
“It is obvious that all the events that took place in that municipality, including the ones related to weapons, were controlled by this body,” Alcock said.
The Defence objected to this document, claiming that it did not prove the competency of the wartime Presidency or the fact that it had control over all those actions.
The Prosecution also presented as material evidence the first indictee’s biography, written by Miroslav Vjestica and a person named Rajko Djukic in 1993.
“In this document Gojko Klickovic is described as an initiator of the establishment of the Serb municipality of Bosanska Krupa, who had competencies for all actions undertaken in that town,” Alcock said.
The first indictee’s Defence said that the biography written by Vjestica reflected the author’s opinions but was not necessarily accurate.
Vjestica and the three indictees are charged with participation in a joint criminal enterprise that began in the summer of 1991.
The Prosecution has introduced more than 300 pieces of evidence until now.
The trial is due to continue on Tuesday, March 17, when the last Prosecution witnesses will be examined.
