Osijek County Court has upheld an indictment against former Pozega mayor and MP Darko Puljasic (HDZ) and his deputy Mario Pilon, charged by the USKOK anti-corruption office with influence peddling and fixing local tenders for the energy renovation of buildings.

The Osijek court delivered the ruling after the High Criminal Court upheld a previous ruling rejecting the defence’s request to exclude certain evidence as inadmissible, Osijek County Court spokesman Miroslav Rozac said on Tuesday.

USKOK indicted Puljasic and Pilon in September 2021.