"As for the latest indictment issued by (the national anti-corruption office) USKOK, I can say on behalf of the government that we will initiate the procedure to amend the INA Privatisation Act to the effect that no one except the Republic of Croatia can hold more than 49 per cent of INA," Kosor told a press conference in the coastal city of Sibenik when asked for a comment on the latest indictment against former Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.

Sanader is suspected of taking 10 million euros in bribes to secure management rights in INA for the Hungarian oil company MOL.

Kosor said the government thought such an amendment was necessary at this moment "because there are reasonable grounds for the suspicion that some received bribes in that deal."

"That's our response. We have initiated the necessary procedure already today. I expect the government to hold a meeting early next week at which we will adopt that bill and introduce it into Parliament," the prime minister said.

When asked about today's deposition by the head of the Croatian Helsinki Committee on Human Rights, Ivan Zvonimir Cicak to the Zagreb County Prosecutor's Office in connection with a special bank account opened in Graz by the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Kosor said she did not know what exactly Cicak had stated, but added that his initiative followed the basic principle of the fight against corruption which targeted any political party in Croatia.

The fight against corruption must be based on zero tolerance and on the fact that no one, regardless of their party affiliation, can be protected from prosecution, and all people who have any information about corruption are invited to testify before the independent judicial bodies, USKOK and the State Attorney's Office.

When asked if she would testify about slush funds of her HDZ party, Kosor said she was not informed enough about the case and that the judicial authorities would do their work.