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Humanitarian Law CenterThe prosecutor wanted this explained: if the commander had been SlobodanMedić, aka Boca, and his platoon commander had been Rajko Olujić,who then was “Guljo”?The defendant was asked to explain this part of his statement, and he replied:“I had already explained all this and I thought that the public prosecutorhad understood. Nothing in this statement is right if it refers to my statementof 24 May 1999. However, I repeat that the operations of my unitmust proceed in accordance with the regulations and the rules of war.”Asked by the public prosecutor how it was possible for him to follow thebus with Rajko Olujić if his unit commander had told them not to leave thescene until the end of the meeting, the defendant replied:“You will get the answer to this question from Rajko Olujić, he is my immediatesuperior and he invited me to come with him.”Asked by his defence lawyer, ore Kalanj, whether he had received thedecision of the presiding judge concerning the appointment of a courtassigned defence lawyer and when he had received it, the defendant replied:“I have never received the decision on the appointment of a court assignedlawyer.”Kalanj then asked the defendant when he had first been contacted by hisdefence lawyer after 24 May 1999, when he was questioned by the investigativejudge, and who that defence lawyer was, what his name and familyname were, the defendant replied: “After my hearing, after five to six days,Božidar Filipović, a lawyer from Prokuplje, came to me for the first time. Ican’t remember whether I had given him the authorisation to defend mein the continuation of the trial, but I think that I had not given him the saidauthorisation.”Asked by defence lawyer Goran Rodić whether he had been issued armsevery time he went on a field assignment, the defendant replied: “Every276