Sanader's testimony has not caused political damage to the HDZ, Hebrang said.

He went on to say that Sanader had explicitly confirmed that the HDZ presidency did not have the text of the agreement on INA's privatisation when discussing the matter.

According to Hebrang, Kosor did not participate in the work of the then government task force for the privatisation of the leading oil and gas company.

Although Sanader earlier in the day testified that Kosor had been involved in the work of that task force in charge of formulating amendments to the agreement, Hebrang said that all members of the task force were agreed that Kosor had never attended their meeting.

In response to reporters' remark that Sander said that he had sent Kosor, who at the time was first Deputy Prime Minister, before the task force as his representative, Hebrang said that his sending her to the meeting was one thing, and whether she was at the meeting was another thing.

"I can send you somewhere, but it does not mean that you will eventually be there," he said.

Hebrang said that on 29 January 2008, when the government discussed the draft agreement and voted for it, annexes to the document were given to the government just on that day.

"I don't know who managed to look at all those annexes on the day of the session," the HDZ official wondered.

Asked how come that government members voted for the agreement without being acquainted with all data, Hebrang said that they believed the ministers in charge as it was impossible for all of them to have an in-depth grasp of all issues.

"Internal trust is a principle according to which the government functions," he said.

According to Hebrang, Sanader's testimony confirmed that the current situation in INA was a consequence of the first agreement on the sale of an interest in INA to MOL, approved by the government led by Social Democrat Ivica Racan in 2003.