BELI MANASTIR, Feb 4 (Hina) - The head of the Croatian Association of Returnees (ZPH), Josip Kompanovic, said on Tuesday the economic and social situation in Baranja, eastern Croatia, was so complicated and hopeless that the ZPH would
demand a meeting with government officials to "warn the premier and others about the complexity of the problem".
BELI MANASTIR, Feb 4 (Hina) - The head of the Croatian Association
of Returnees (ZPH), Josip Kompanovic, said on Tuesday the economic
and social situation in Baranja, eastern Croatia, was so
complicated and hopeless that the ZPH would demand a meeting with
government officials to "warn the premier and others about the
complexity of the problem". #L#
The association will seek an urgent meeting with government
officials because it "has reason to fear that neglect towards areas
of special state concern is what will force us to demonstrate civil
disobedience", Kompanovic told Hina.
The return to Baranja, which today has a population of 42,000 and
before the war had a population of 54,000, has turned "into a
nightmare for most people because as much as 60% of the population
who are able to work are unemployed", Kompanovic said. A total of
7,800 people in Baranja are unemployed and only 6,500 work, but a
significant part of those who are employed do not receive their
wages regularly, Kompanovic said.
(hina) rml sb