ZAGREB, Sept 30 (Hina) - The head of the club of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) MPs, Vladimir Seks, has described the statement, which Premier Ivica Racan gave in London on Monday evening when he said that the change of those in
power would slow down democratic processes in the region, as "a direct call on the British government to interfere in the election process in Croatia".
ZAGREB, Sept 30 (Hina) - The head of the club of Croatian Democratic
Union (HDZ) MPs, Vladimir Seks, has described the statement, which
Premier Ivica Racan gave in London on Monday evening when he said
that the change of those in power would slow down democratic
processes in the region, as "a direct call on the British government
to interfere in the election process in Croatia". #L#
"It has been unprecedented in history that a head of government
seeks in a disguised manner political intervention of another state
so that he would be able to prevent the change of authorities
through elections," Seks said at a parliamentary session on
Tuesday.
On Monday evening, Racan, who gave a speech at Shatham House, a
leading British foreign affairs forum, spoke about cooperation
between Zagreb and the UN war crimes tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia (ICTY).
Asked by a reporter how he would convince British Premier Tony Blair
in that cooperation in light of the unsolved issue of fugitive
Croatian General Ante Gotovina, Racan said Croatia could not arrest
somebody who was not in Croatia.
"Our authorities will perhaps be criticised or punished, and then
we shall encounter authorities that will have no democratic
position that an act of justice should be performed," the incumbent
Croatian premier said in his speech.
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