A former secretary general of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), Ivan Jarnjak, is being questioned by the anti-corruption agency USKOK as a suspect in the investigation into the HDZ slush funds this morning.
According to unofficial information, former spokesman for the government and the HDZ party Ratko Macek will be questioned next.
Jarnjak arrived in the USKOK building around 8AM to be questioned by USKOK investigators in the presence of his lawyer Petar Pavkovic.
According to the media, USKOK suspects Jarnjak, as a responsible person in the HDZ party, of having helped the influx of money in the party slush funds which allegedly financed election campaigns, among other things.
This is an investigation in the Fimi Media case, which USKOK recently extended to include the HDZ party as a legal entity and Jarnjak, Macek, former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, former HDZ treasurer Mladen Barisic and former HDZ accountant Branka Pavosevic.
About two weeks ago, the Prime Minister and president of the ruling HDZ, Jadranka Kosor, confirmed at a news conference that the ongoing investigation into the alleged HDZ slush funds had been expanded to cover the party as a legal entity and several other people. Next to her at the news conference was a vice president of the HDZ presidency Jarnjak, who told reporters he did not yet receive the confirmation that an investigation was launched against him, but that he would most definitely comply if USKOK summoned him for an interview..
At the interview I will clear my name of everything I am accused of and thus help the HDZ, Jarnjak said two weeks ago.
