ZAGREB, April 14 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament will next week hold a debate on political allegations from Hague tribunal indictments, regardless of whether the European Commission will answer to Croatia's EU membership application
on Tuesday, the president of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) club of deputies, Luka Bebic, said on Wednesday.
ZAGREB, April 14 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament will next week hold a
debate on political allegations from Hague tribunal indictments,
regardless of whether the European Commission will answer to Croatia's
EU membership application on Tuesday, the president of the Croatian
Democratic Union (HDZ) club of deputies, Luka Bebic, said on
Wednesday.#L#
After a closed meeting of the heads of clubs of deputies, Bebic said
parliament would discuss the indictments on April 22 or 23.
Asked whether the debate could have an impact on the avis that the
European Commission is expected to make public on Tuesday, Bebic said
the debate could not be harmful in any way because every nation and
country had the right to aspire to the truth, and that it could not
disqualify Croatia as a potential candidate for EU membership.
"Regardless of the avis, parliament will hold the debate," Bebic said
and added the HDZ club of deputies would try to hold a debate which
would be in accordance with Croatia's interests and the interest of
ICTY indictees.
Asked whether a debate by MPs claiming that Croatia carried out
aggression against Bosnia could bring into question parts of the
Homeland War Declaration, Bebic said the HDZ was not questioning the
Declaration, which he said had become part of important legal
documents of the Croatian people.
He said the parliament's leadership did not plan to formally limit the
discussion, adding that it was up to deputies to see that they did not
jeopardise Croatia's interests with their statements.
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