CATHOLIC WEEKLY PUBLISHES COMMENTARY ON PARLIAMENTARY ELECTION

ZAGREB, Jan 11 (Hina) - Commenting on the results of the recent election for the Croatian Sabor's House of Representatives, the Catholic weekly 'Glas Koncila' reports in its latest issue that "our Church can without hesitation, but also without joy or sadness, accept the result of the voting of the electorate." According to the weekly's commentary, dated January 16, the electorate "have given their votes mostly on the basis of their insight and expectations - that is, in line with their own conscience - thus, one can say, following what the Church had officially been urging." "Whether the change of authority in Croatia is good or bad - that is to be decided by the course of time and the future process in our society. However, we should not expect anything good for the whole Croatian nation if the main characters on the political scene do not take as their first and most important goal the care for the common man and the common good of the Croatian state and nation," reads the commentary, headlined "What Have the Elections Shown?". "The newly-elected authorities have won the mandate by emphasising the need for a change as their slogan and they are now called to secure progress for all citizens and the whole nation, continuing to build on the achievements that have been made so far and rectifying what is bad or what has been wrongly set, as well as resuming the good processes which were left incomplete," the commentary reads. The "voting against" in the Croatian society, which has not completed the process of democratisation, causes concern because it is not the result of the well-thought-out selection of those who are better, but it is in the first place the result of spite, envy, or even a kind of revenge. "Why, it is much easier to 'be against', to destroy what has been achieved, then to know what is good and how to achieve it," the commentary reads. (hina) rml ,