ZAGREB, May 15 (Hina) - The association for the promotion of Croatian identity and prosperity - UHIP - on Wednesday organised an event marking the 81st anniversary of the birth of the first Croatian president, the late Franjo
Tudjman.
ZAGREB, May 15 (Hina) - The association for the promotion of
Croatian identity and prosperity - UHIP - on Wednesday organised an
event marking the 81st anniversary of the birth of the first
Croatian president, the late Franjo Tudjman. #L#
The first Croatian president, Dr. Franjo Tudjman, led the Croatian
people in a critical moment towards the realisation of its
centuries-long dream of independence, uniting in that endeavour
Croatian emigrants and Croatians living in the country. Without
this, the Croatian people would not have won the Homeland War and
become an equal participant in the international community, UHIP
president Miroslav Tudjman said opening the event entitled
"Tudjman and Croatia's Future".
This view is not shared by some in the incumbent authorities,
Tudjman said, adding that the victory of a six-party coalition at
the last election had again caused divisions and antagonism among
the Croatian people in the country and abroad.
The authorities are playing down achievements in the establishment
and defence of the country, which they believe should be civil and
anational, since already established, while patriots are treated
as the Ustasha, Tudjman said. The right-wing has been quarantined
and the authorities believe it should renounce its national
identity and achievements in the establishment of the national
state, Tudjman said.
Upon coming to power, the coalition re-established the communist
ideological atmosphere, finding support among globalists and those
who opposed the establishment of the Croatian state. Croatia today
lives in a virtual reality where facts are being forged, one of such
forgeries being the claim that the Homeland War was not caused by an
act of aggression but was a civil war arranged by President Tudjman
and Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to cover up their plans to
divide Bosnia-Herzegovina, Tudjman said.
Because they are not responsible towards their freedom, the
Croatian people themselves are to blame for the fact that Croatian
citizens are being tried in The Hague and the country is in the
waiting room of European associations, said Tudjman. The Croatian
people need a true revival to be able to live freely and the path to
the European Union leads through spiritual revival and the revival
of truth and justice, he added.
The first Croatian president does not need eulogies because
historical facts speak for themselves, Tudjman said.
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