ZAGREB, Sept 25 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Wednesday, on the occasion of Police Day (29 September), received a delegation of the Interior Ministry and the police administration and congratulated them and thanked them
for all that they have done in their effort to decrease the amount of crime committed and find their perpetrators.
ZAGREB, Sept 25 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on
Wednesday, on the occasion of Police Day (29 September), received a
delegation of the Interior Ministry and the police administration
and congratulated them and thanked them for all that they have done
in their effort to decrease the amount of crime committed and find
their perpetrators. #L#
"You have done a great deal and with your efforts, decreased the
number of criminal acts while they who commit crimes know that they
will be discovered and will be held responsible for their acts,"
President Mesic said, claiming that a great deal had been done in
disclosing the perpetrators of crimes as well as in decreasing the
number of illegal entries into Croatia.
Croatia is becoming a law-based state in which institutions are
functioning properly and one of these institutions is the Interior
Ministry, Mesic said.
He said he knew of the problems with which policemen were faced,
particularly the unresolved cases that burdened the Croatian
public and that these matters needed to be resolved one way or
another.
He expressed satisfaction with the re-organisation of the police.
Once war is over - as we experienced it in all of its brutality - the
army and police need to be re-organised otherwise we cannot
possibly achieve the standards we desire.
According to Mesic, these standards need to be harmonised with
those of the European Union (EU) and only in keeping with them an
associated Europe can function.
In order to achieve our objective and access the EU, Croatia must be
a law-based state in which every citizen is equal before the law and
where the law is applied regardless of who is involved and the
police have done their share in this regard, Croatia's president
concluded.
Speaking about the successfully completed re-organisation of the
police, Croatia's Interior Minister Sime Lucin said the police and
Interior Ministry are no longer a barrier to Croatia's accession to
the EU and that in line with the Agreement on Association with the
EU, Croatia has completed its obligations for this year.
He added that the police can be proud of their results but the
results can never be completely satisfying for all citizens
particularly keeping in mind matters that a particularly sensitive
in public.
Unfortunately, in these matters it is often difficult to find
material evidence but I assure you that we are working intensively
on this, Lucin said at the reception with the Croatian President.
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