ZAGREB, Jan 30 (Hina) - All parliamentary benches on Thursday endorsed bills on the state's liability for damage in their first reading. But they did ask about the approximate amount of money which the state would have to pay as
compensation for damage, from where these funds would come and what would be the deadlines.
ZAGREB, Jan 30 (Hina) - All parliamentary benches on Thursday
endorsed bills on the state's liability for damage in their first
reading. But they did ask about the approximate amount of money
which the state would have to pay as compensation for damage, from
where these funds would come and what would be the deadlines. #L#
A speech by Milan Djukic, who spoke on behalf of the national
minorities bench, caused outrage among MPs when he accused the
former Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) rule of killing the Croatian
Serb population and destroying their property after the "Storm"
liberation operation in a planned manner.
"During the operation, instead of ensuring the security of citizens
and property, some members of the Croatian Army and police killed,
looted and burned, with our judiciary having no response. This was
done in a planned manner and was a product of state policy," Djukic
said.
Responding to Djukic's accusations Vladimir Seks of the HDZ said
that "individuals who tainted the honour of the Croatian Armed
Forces did not do this to carry out a planned state policy, but in
doing so they perpetrated criminal acts for which they are being or
should be held accountable".
Darko Santic (Croatian People's Party/Primorje-Gorski Kotar
Party/Slavonia Baranja Croatian Party) supported Djukic's claim
that the plunder and destruction of property should not be
equalised with war damage by law.
"Arson and looting by some Croatian soldiers should not be
equalised to war damage because that was not the task of Croatian
forces which were obliged to prevent this," Santic said.
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