ZAGREB, Dec 7 (Hina) - The delegations of 17 local and Zagreb's City committees of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) on Saturday laid wreaths and lit candles on the grave of the first Croatian president and founder of the HDZ,
Franjo Tudjman, paying their respects at Zagreb's central cemetery ahead of the second anniversary of his demise. HDZ secretary-general Joso Skara said Tudjman had been a statesman, the first Croatian president and founder of the HDZ. "The more time passes the more the work and permanent values of the creation of a free, democratic and independent Croatia under Tudjman's leadership which was left as our legacy will be in the hearts of even those Croatian people who were not aware of his value," Skara said. On the occasion of the marking of the second anniversary of the death of Franjo Tudjman, 17 HDZ Zagreb local committees will light candles at 5pm in their neighbourhoods. They call on ci
ZAGREB, Dec 7 (Hina) - The delegations of 17 local and Zagreb's City
committees of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) on Saturday laid
wreaths and lit candles on the grave of the first Croatian president
and founder of the HDZ, Franjo Tudjman, paying their respects at
Zagreb's central cemetery ahead of the second anniversary of his
demise.
HDZ secretary-general Joso Skara said Tudjman had been a statesman,
the first Croatian president and founder of the HDZ. "The more time
passes the more the work and permanent values of the creation of a
free, democratic and independent Croatia under Tudjman's
leadership which was left as our legacy will be in the hearts of even
those Croatian people who were not aware of his value," Skara said.
On the occasion of the marking of the second anniversary of the
death of Franjo Tudjman, 17 HDZ Zagreb local committees will light
candles at 5pm in their neighbourhoods. They call on citizens to
join them in doing so.
Franjo Tudjman died on December 10, 1999, aged 78, at Dubrava
hospital in Zagreb.
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