SPLIT COUNTY PREFECT: LET'S INTRODUCE ANTI-COMMUNISM DAY AS WELL

SPLIT, June 22 (Hina) - At a reception organised on the occasion of Anti-fascist Struggle Day on Sunday, Split-Dalmatia County prefect Branimir Luksic suggested Croatia should introduce an anti- communism day. #L# Speaking at the event he organised together with Split mayor Slobodan Beros, Luksic said that Anti-fascist Struggle Day commemorated one of the three great evils of the past century and added that fascism, Nazism and communism were "originally leftist movements". The fascist occupation made patriotic citizens join the anti- fascist movement, but unfortunately, this was also a struggle for the communist Yugoslavia, the prefect said. "I wish you all the best for Anti-fascist Struggle Day, but I also suggest that we introduce an anti-communism day," Luksic told representatives of political parties, the army and the diplomatic corps who attended the reception. He called on Croatians to unify, regardless of which side they had fought on during World War II, so that a Croat would never again raise a hand against another Croat. Mayor Slobodan Beros said the Croatian people had reason to be grateful for the anti-fascist struggle because it had restored Dalmatia and Istria into the motherland. "The anti-fascist struggle is the foundation of modern society and its development. Croatia's contribution to the struggle is immeasurable," Beros stressed. He recalled that there had been more than 120,000 anti-fascist fighters in Dalmatia alone, as opposed to the minority which sided with fascists. (hina) lml sb