The government bound the two ministries at an extraordinary session last night to draft a law on monuments, and the justice ministry to prepare amendments to the Criminal Code within eight days.
The amendments would ban the promotion and glorification of totalitarian ideologies -- fascism, communism and others, the government said in a press release.
The mention of communism elicited numerous questions. Skare-Ozbolt and Biskupic were unable to give precise answers to reporters' questions if such a mention did not put fascism and communism on the same level, and how the distinction between communism and anti-fascism would be regulated given that in Croatia they were historically linked.
"We'll call in experts who are well-versed in this to propose solutions they think will be the most appropriate," said Biskupic, while Skare-Ozbolt added that monuments erected after the Second World War, during the time of socialism, would not be removed as they honoured anti-fascism and not communism.
Monuments honouring prominent Ustasha officials Mile Budak in Sveti Rok and Jure Francetic in Slunj which were removed this morning were stored in a Zagreb warehouse intended for this purpose, said government spokesman Ratko Macek.