ZAGREB, Sept 2 (Hina) - The president of the Serb People's Party, Milan Djukic, said on Tuesday nobody had refuted with valid arguments his comparison of the incumbent Croatian government's policy towards Serbs to that of the 1941-5
Independent State of Croatia.
ZAGREB, Sept 2 (Hina) - The president of the Serb People's Party,
Milan Djukic, said on Tuesday nobody had refuted with valid
arguments his comparison of the incumbent Croatian government's
policy towards Serbs to that of the 1941-5 Independent State of
Croatia. #L#
Backing his claim, Djukic showed reporters the copy of a collection
of NDH laws and orders and said the current legal regulation of
Serbs' human rights and freedoms in Croatia was "meaner" than at the
time of the NDH.
Djukic said Prime Minister Ivica Racan should have replied with
solutions to his ten arguments on the violations of Serbs' human
rights in Croatia -- the right to reconstruction, the restitution
of property, pensions, shares, severance pays, and a job.
As for reactions from representatives of non-governmental
organisations, Djukic said they were indulging in idle talk,
notably Serb People's Council president Milorad Pupovac and
Croatian Helsinki Committee on Human Rights president Zarko
Puhovski.
Commenting on Pupovac's political statements, Djukic said this was
a "man who wants to extend his mandate as the (government residence)
Banski dvori poodle and thus continue to love state money on behalf
of the Serb people".
As for Puhovski, Djukic said he was allergic to those who are
principled, consistent, and fight for human rights with valid
arguments. Puhovski has forgotten his "political description of
(military operation) Storm as classic ethnic cleansing. It's
difficult to be a sycophant and a politician," he said.
Referring to the university professors who had reacted to his
statements, Djukic said it showed that "professors know everything
but understand nothing".
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