ZAGREB, May 28 (Hina) - Croatian Parliament President Zlatko Tomcic said on Wednesday the campaign of Caritas and the Franciscan Institute for Peace Culture to ban the work of shops on Sundays was a noble action, aimed at helping and
protecting those who were deprived of their rights and needed help in claiming them.
ZAGREB, May 28 (Hina) - Croatian Parliament President Zlatko Tomcic
said on Wednesday the campaign of Caritas and the Franciscan
Institute for Peace Culture to ban the work of shops on Sundays was a
noble action, aimed at helping and protecting those who were
deprived of their rights and needed help in claiming them. #L#
Tomcic made the statement at a press conference on banning the work
of shops on Sundays, which was attended by the president and the
director of Croatia's Caritas, Ivan Prendja and Mario Bebic, and
the head of the Franciscan Institute for Peace Culture, Bozo
Vuleta.
Tomcic handed to Prendja a petition for banning the work of shops on
Sundays with the signatures of 32 Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) MPs
and members of the party presidency.
The HSS will advocate a ban on the work of shops on Sundays and
holidays, with some exceptions which will be regulated by law,
Tomcic said.
Caritas president Ivan Prendja said the initiative had met with
powerful response in the public. The campaign has a civil character
and is supported by the Croatian Bishops' Conference, he said.
Officials at Caritas said the petition had been signed by at least
450,000 people in 1,500 parishes.
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