Speaking of the meeting, Plenković said he hoped the military chief of staff, Admiral Robert Hranj, was well and that he enjoyed the freedom of speech like everyone else. “There were situations where he was not allowed to answer direct questions at the meeting,” he added.
The president’s office said in a press release that “Plenković decided to lie even about the content of today’s Defence Council meeting and thereby show once again what kind of person he is,” and that “in his statement to the press he decided to publicly humiliate” Hranj.
“To say that Admiral Robert Hranj was not allowed to speak at the meeting is a blatant lie. Quite the contrary, it was not allowed to unscrupulously manipulate the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces,” the press release said, adding that to allow “the belittling of one of the best Croatian officers… would be surreal.”
