PLJESEVICA, Jan 20 (Hina) - On the occasion of the gathering of 14 Croatian intellectuals who, on January 19, 1989, met in the cottage of current presidential candidate Ante Ledic in Pljesevica, near Zagreb, a get-together was held on
Thursday. Croatian intellectuals met in 1989 to start democratic processes and mark the beginning of multi-party system in Croatia. In that time, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) was named. Remembering those times, Ledic said that the multi-party system sparked on the entire Croatian territory. We met in order to prepare the Croatian nation to the "evil which was coming from the East", Ledic said. He reminded that the time and the place of the meeting was strictly confidential, because the former Yugoslav secret service was following people who were thinking of Croatian existence. The meeting in Ledic's cottage in 1989 was attended by 14 intellectuals, including late Croatian President
PLJESEVICA, Jan 20 (Hina) - On the occasion of the gathering of 14
Croatian intellectuals who, on January 19, 1989, met in the cottage
of current presidential candidate Ante Ledic in Pljesevica, near
Zagreb, a get-together was held on Thursday.
Croatian intellectuals met in 1989 to start democratic processes
and mark the beginning of multi-party system in Croatia. In that
time, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) was named.
Remembering those times, Ledic said that the multi-party system
sparked on the entire Croatian territory. We met in order to prepare
the Croatian nation to the "evil which was coming from the East",
Ledic said.
He reminded that the time and the place of the meeting was strictly
confidential, because the former Yugoslav secret service was
following people who were thinking of Croatian existence.
The meeting in Ledic's cottage in 1989 was attended by 14
intellectuals, including late Croatian President Franjo Tudjman
and first president of the Croatian Peasants' Party Drago Stipac.
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