ZAGREB, July 10 (Hina) - The "Glas Koncila" (Voice of the Council) Catholic weekly believes that the intended and targeted resignation by the prime minister (Ivica Racan) was not a sign that the government admitted that it had not
done its duty properly and therefore it was withdrawing. The move is instead a method to fortify the power of the leading party and to remove those who were imposed the role of being disruptive.
ZAGREB, July 10 (Hina) - The "Glas Koncila" (Voice of the Council)
Catholic weekly believes that the intended and targeted
resignation by the prime minister (Ivica Racan) was not a sign that
the government admitted that it had not done its duty properly and
therefore it was withdrawing. The move is instead a method to
fortify the power of the leading party and to remove those who were
imposed the role of being disruptive. #L#
The editor's comment entitled "Another Historical Wound Opened",
in the latest issue of July 14, analyses the current events on
Croatia's political scene and emphasises that the collapse of
government should have been a sign to take a balance of accounts and
to determine just what has been achieved and what has been
neglected.
It would be worthwhile and useful to tell the nation why the
division amongst coalition parties occurred, or rather who had
Croatia's national interest at heart or just party interests - the
remainder of the coalition or the so-called disrupters of peace,
the weekly states.
The article continues that we should not forget that the coalition
won the election on the basis of the alliance between the Social
Democratic Party (SDP) and the Croatian Social Liberal Party
(HSLS). This alliance had historical weight not so much because of
its success at the election in 2000 but more so because of the
success of the co-operation between two various but politically
significant options, the Glas Koncila claims.
The article notes that with their moves the Croatian communists in
the last period of their rule, had deepened and spread a deep gap of
division between the Croatian national being. The SDP had a
reputation of having a spirit of a nationally uncommitted party.
The weekly adds, that this "marriage" with the Croatian Social
Liberal was in fact necessary to bring them to power and that
Croatian Social Liberals were in fact the victim of Communist
oppression in the seventies.
Forming the alliance between the SDP-HSLS meant bridging old
misunderstandings - the old gap of division and a significant
practical attempt in healing the wounds that emerged with the
division of the Croatian national being in the seventies, the
weekly says. The article notes as a fact that the alliance has now
cracked which means that the gap of division is being renewed
again.
It is concerning, that yet another project geared at reconciliation
between the Croatian people is falling through, the Catholic weekly
notes and in conclusion wonders whether the "divorce" between SDP
and HSLS means strengthening the trend of national indifference in
Croatia and turning Croatia's government even further Left?"
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