SISAK, Oct 11 (Hina) - The president of the Croatian Block party (HB), Ivic Pasalic, said at Friday's founding assembly of the party's branch in Sisak that his party advocated the carrying out of a national referendum on changing
Croatia's constitutional law on cooperation with the international war crimes tribunal, as well as that the government lodge an appeal with the tribunal, challenging its jurisdiction over Croatia's liberation operations "Storm" and "Flash".
SISAK, Oct 11 (Hina) - The president of the Croatian Block party
(HB), Ivic Pasalic, said at Friday's founding assembly of the
party's branch in Sisak that his party advocated the carrying out of
a national referendum on changing Croatia's constitutional law on
cooperation with the international war crimes tribunal, as well as
that the government lodge an appeal with the tribunal, challenging
its jurisdiction over Croatia's liberation operations "Storm" and
"Flash". #L#
"We believe that military operations Medak Pocket, Flash, Storm and
other liberation operations during the Homeland War were
legitimate, carried out by a legitimate government of a sovereign
and internationally recognised state on its own internationally
recognised territory, undertaken against Greater Serbian
terrorists and bandits who, with the help of another country, the
former Yugoslavia, had occupied a part of Croatia. This was,
therefore, no civil war, ... but a struggle against Greater Serbian
terrorists and terrorism," Pasalic asserted.
The HB's goal is to create a national unity so Croatia would be able
to protect its national essence and its national pride, he said.
Pasalic added that his party offered a new idea and programme aimed
at solving the issue of unemployment, creating better living
conditions and solving everyday problems of the people.
(hina) lml