ZAGREB, March 26 (Hina) - Prime Minister Ivica Racan said on Wednesday he was neither impressed with nor afraid of threats against his life but that he was worried on behalf of democratic Croatia.
ZAGREB, March 26 (Hina) - Prime Minister Ivica Racan said on
Wednesday he was neither impressed with nor afraid of threats
against his life but that he was worried on behalf of democratic
Croatia. #L#
"I hope that such calls for an assassination in Croatia will not
take the Serbian direction, that it (the assassination) will not
have to happen so that Croatia could in a democratic fashion deal
with the political underground and crime," Racan said commenting on
a statement given earlier today by Drazen Pavlovic, member of the
Sinj branch of the HVIDR association of disabled war veterans.
Addressing a HVIDR news conference in Zagreb, Pavlovic said he had
"a message from the Cetina region for Messrs Mesic, Racan, Manolic
and others - may they join comrade Djindjic for breakfast as soon as
possible because this is the only way to save the Croatian state for
which we fought".
"I'm not impressed or scared by such threats, but I am concerned in
the name of democratic Croatia," said Racan.
Asked if the interior ministry would remove road blocks HVIDR had
announced, the prime minister said he expected the police to act in
keeping with its authorities.
"Blocking roads doesn't constitute the defence of (recently
convicted war criminal Mirko) Norac but an attack on Croatia. Every
log put on Croatian roads is an attack on Croatia, regardless of
where it comes from. That's an attack on the rule of law. Do those
demonstrating their distrust of the Croatian judiciary this way
want the Hague to take on this role? They should express their
stand," said the prime minister.
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