SPLIT COUNTY PROCLAIMS WAR CRIMES INDICTEES HONORARY CITIZENS

SPLIT, April 8 (Hina) - The assembly of southern Croatia's Split- Dalmatia County on Monday proclaimed generals Mirko Norac, Rahim Ademi, and Ante Gotovina honorary citizens of the county, with the votes of the Croatian Bloc and the Croatian Social Liberal Party. #L# Only one councillor voted against the decision, Juraj Krstulovic of the Social Democratic Party (SDP). The other opposition councillors from the ranks of the SDP, the Croatian People's Party and the Croatian Peasant Party abstained. Also today, the Split-Dalmatia County assembly adopted a decision on the presentation of county awards for 2001. Among the winners is the National Headquarters for the Protection of Homeland War values. Norac, Ademi, and Gotovina have been charged with war crimes. (hina) ha sb