ZAGREB, Sept 20 (Hina) - The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) is distancing itself from the Ustasha movement and wishes to become a modern conservative political party, HSP leader Anto Djapic told a formal session of the party marking
the tenth anniversary of election of the present leadership.
ZAGREB, Sept 20 (Hina) - The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) is
distancing itself from the Ustasha movement and wishes to become a
modern conservative political party, HSP leader Anto Djapic told a
formal session of the party marking the tenth anniversary of
election of the present leadership. #L#
Djapic announced that in the forthcoming parliamentary elections
his party would achieve "the best result in the party's history".
"Others wanted to impose the Ustasha movement on the HSP as its
successor, but our programme is based on the teachings of the father
of the nation, Ante Starcevic, and the values of the Homeland War,"
Djapic said, adding that his party condemned any type of
totalitarianism.
Djapic said his party had also reviewed its position that Croatian
territory stretched from the Sutla to the Drina river. The HSP now
respects the reality that two countries now exist in the area:
Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, in which Croats should have equal
status as other ethnic communities, he added.
The HSP will participate in the elections on its own, except in two
constituencies where it will compete in a coalition with the
Zagorje Democratic Party, Djapic said.
The HSP leader said his party expected to win the necessary number
of votes in all constituencies to enter parliament.
Djapic said his optimism was based on the fact that the HSP had not
been involved in any privatisation-related or political scandal.
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