ZAGREB, Oct 30 (Hina) - President of the Serbian National Party (SNS) Milan Djukic on Wednesday estimated that human rights are constantly being violated in Croatia and official politics is skilfully covering this up.
ZAGREB, Oct 30 (Hina) - President of the Serbian National Party
(SNS) Milan Djukic on Wednesday estimated that human rights are
constantly being violated in Croatia and official politics is
skilfully covering this up. #L#
"We need to ask if our country guarantees us to remain and survive,"
Djukic said at a press conference.
He claimed that the disguising of the discrimination was possible
because ethnic groups had different rights and were not equally
protected.
The government is adopting regulations at highest democratic
standards however, the question is whether these regulations are
being implemented he added.
Djukic estimated the judiciary had its own role in discrimination.
"We are witnesses of intolerance and hate as seen in the case with
the late Milos Vojnovic," Djukic said adding that regardless of
labels, he would have become a judge had his heart not failed him.
If Vojnovic did not have any room in that field neither do (Slavko)
Lozina, (Vladimir) Gredelj or (Vice) Vukojevic, Djukic believes.
He estimated that the integration of Serbs in political life is
being prevented by mistrust and that they are treated as second
class citizens.
He believes that the inflammatory speech and the marginal position
of Serbs is not different today than it was in 1992.
Djukic referred to a survey conducted during a TV programme -
"Latinica" - according to which 48 per cent of citizens think that
Ustashi symbols need not be banned. In contrast, any Serb in Donji
Lapac that writes 4 "S's" is immediately questioned.
He said that all means available were being used to push through the
minority bill without any public debate but with the assistance of
the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), "responsible for ethnic
cleansing of the Serbs".
According to Djukic, the question of the position of Serbs can only
be resolved with the highest level of local self-government and not
with the number of Serb MPs in the Sabor.
He said that special suits were being prepared against every
municipality where in 1991 and 1992 twenty (20) to 150 Serbs had
disappeared and that the perpetrators of these deeds should answer
for it. The Croatian Serb leader did not specify however, who in
fact was preparing the suits.
Discrimination exists in trying to exercise one's right to a
pension because, as he said, the majority of ethnic Serbs are still
receiving an interim pension allowance. Private property is still
not being returned and the only step forward is in reconstruction,
where as he said, a lot has been done.
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