ZAGREB, Dec 9 (Hina) - Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) leader Anto Djapic sent an open letter to Italian Ambassador in Zagreb Alessandro Grafini on Tuesday, pointing out that Grafini's "message to the public" in Jutarnji list daily of
November 29 has damaged and done an injustice to the HSP and its voters.
ZAGREB, Dec 9 (Hina) - Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) leader Anto
Djapic sent an open letter to Italian Ambassador in Zagreb
Alessandro Grafini on Tuesday, pointing out that Grafini's
"message to the public" in Jutarnji list daily of November 29 has
damaged and done an injustice to the HSP and its voters. #L#
In the message, Grafini said on behalf of European ambassadors
accredited in Zagreb that Croatia's road to the European Union
would be undermined if HSP was part of the new government.
Djapic reminds Grafini in his letter that he replied to the
ambassadors' objections on December 1, demonstrating that the HSP
"is indeed a Europe-oriented party, by its European inspiration,
motives and roots of its doctrine, as well as by its current
ideology, political platform, internal organisation,
parliamentary and public activity".
Djapic writes that the model of public communication the European
ambassadors resorted to is not in keeping with good European and
world diplomatic customs, and tells Grafini that his "message to
the Croatian public has done great harm to the (HSP)".
"That message hurt us all the more because it brought a great number
of our voters feelings of humiliation and injustice, since they
voted for our party because they view it as both Croatian and
European: industrious, fair, patriotic, democratic and tolerant,"
Djapic writes.
He goes on to say that he discussed this issue with President
Stjepan Mesic and that he relayed Mesic's views to Grafini.
"Firstly, the Croatian President maintains there are no reasons at
all why the HSP could or should not take part in the executive
authority, and secondly, he views (Grafini's) message to the
Croatian public as a totally unusual diplomatic act and a totally
unacceptable meddling with Croatia's internal affairs."
Djapic ends the letter by wishing that Grafini "will find in his
second message to the Croatian public at least a minimal sign of
regret or apology for the injustice and damage done to the HSP and
its voters in the first, diplomatically unusual and factually
unfounded message".
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