It is intolerable that today, almost half a century later, some groups are using public gatherings to resurrect the dark past which had been unanimously condemned by the entire democratic world, Seks said.
"The independent and democratic Croatia was created in the Homeland War which was legal and legitimate, the war of an exclusively defence character, led by an internationally recognised state. The Homeland War does not and cannot have anything in common with a totalitarian and nondemocratic movement such as the Ustasha movement," Seks said in a statement.
About 50 people took part in the gathering, which was held in a hall displaying the photos of Pavelic and Ante Gotovina, the fugitive general wanted by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
After the gathering, about 30 participants walked through downtown Zadar carrying a photo of Pavelic, wearing black and displaying Ustasha insignia.
The gathering was held in remembrance of the victims of the first public protest against the newly created Yugoslav federation, held in Zagreb in December 1918 when, according an official report, 13 people were killed and 17 were wounded.