President of the Republic Zoran Milanović held an extraordinary press conference in which he fiercely defended the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia, Tihomir Kundid. Milanović stated that the pressures on Kundid are criminal intentions aimed at decapitating the state. "Keep your fingers and dirty hands away from Kundid. Anyone who mentions him once more in this context is a criminal to me," the president declared, adding that Kundid will never resign.