Describing Sanader as a revenge-seeker and one of the HDZ's main political enemies, Seks said that Sanader should not use untruths to shift responsibility to other, innocent people.

"About a year ago, Sanader told a parliamentary commission of inquiry that everyone (in the party) had known everything and that is what he is building his (defence) strategy on," Seks said in an interview with the Nova TV commercial broadcaster, claiming that not everyone had known everything and that there had existed a parallel system in the HDZ established by Sanader and of which only a few people had been aware who were now no longer members of the party.

Seks said that over the past 22 years, before every parliamentary election or political event important for the HDZ, such as party conventions, stories had been launched to compromise the HDZ.

"And now, seven days before an extraordinary convention of the HDZ, a story is being launched to compromise the party's president, Jadranka Kosor," he said, adding that in the 2005 presidential campaign in which Kosor ran for President, she had nothing to do with party finances, that she signed reports and trusted people who were in charge of party finances.

Seks said the fact that the initial statement by former HDZ accountant Branka Pavosevic to investigative bodies implicating Sanader was later amended to include a supplement referring to Kosor, was the crucial proof that Pavosevic was lying.

"It is a blatant lie that Ms. Kosor destroyed evidence with the (party) secretary-general. She... is a victim of a perfidious campaign aimed at discrediting her," said Seks.

He added that all HDZ members were willing to cooperate with the anti-corruption agency USKOK if asked to give statements to shed light on the situation.