A lot would have to change to make our judiciary again worthy of respect and trust. I can not generalize the situation in the courts, because I am aware that many of the judges are true professionals. However, I would demand that in case of retrial the case be given to a different judge, instead of Ruzica Samota, who proposed that the application of the Clemency Law be considered in Gudelj's case. According to the way in which she conducted the trial, she does not deserve a second chance. I almost do not care which judge conducts the new trial, because it should not be difficult to hand down an honest verdict to someone who committed a triple murder.
Many verdicts issued by Croatian court seem to confirm that assumption.
However, although I could accept that assertion, I cannot with certainty claim that the HDZ authorities really enacted that law to provide amnesty to their people who during the war held responsible offices. At the time Petar Kljajic, a former head of the County Court in Osijek and Osijek HDZ branch, publicly stated that Vladimir Seks and Branimir Glavas had pressured the Supreme Court to acquit Gudelj. Also, I've never heard that they denied that. I was not surprised by that Kljajic's statement because my experience from a trial in the court headed by Kljajic at the time does not allow me to be surprised. However, it was surprising that Kljajic decided to speak out and thereby confirm something that the public suspected, that Antun Gudelj from the start had support of until recently two most influential politicians in Slavonia.