ZAGREB, June 26 (Hina) - The Association of Anti-Fascist Fighters and Croatian Anti-Fascists on Tuesday sent an open letter to the Croatian Government, Zagreb Archbishop Josip Bozanic and Zadar Mayor Zivko Kolega, commenting on a
recent concert of Marko Perkovic Thompson in Zagreb, a speech that father Vjekoslav Lasic gave at the Jazovka pit and demanding the resignation of mayor Kolega over his refusal to lay a wreath at a monument to anti-fascist fighters on Anti-Fascist Struggle Day.
ZAGREB, June 26 (Hina) - The Association of Anti-Fascist Fighters
and Croatian Anti-Fascists on Tuesday sent an open letter to the Croatian
Government, Zagreb Archbishop Josip Bozanic and Zadar Mayor Zivko Kolega,
commenting on a recent concert of Marko Perkovic Thompson in Zagreb, a speech
that father Vjekoslav Lasic gave at the Jazovka pit and demanding the
resignation of mayor Kolega over his refusal to lay a wreath at a monument to
anti-fascist fighters on Anti-Fascist Struggle Day. In the letter to
the government, the association expressed concern with the fact that the state
authorities failed to properly respond to the glorification of the Ustasha
insignia and symbols spreading hatred.
The association said that it was sad that state bodies mildly distanced
themselves from Ustasha-coloured incidents only after reactions from
international organisations
The association stressed that in the future it expected the state
authorities to act in accordance with the law.
In the letter to Cardinal Bozanic, the anti-fascists asked the Croatian
Bishops' Conference to take measures to make priests carry out their pastoral
mission in accordance with the Gospel and not to spread hatred.