ZAGREB, Feb 15 (Hina) - The presidency of the formerly ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) at Tuesday's session condemned a statement on late Croatian President Franjo Tudjman Croatia's newly-elected President Stipe Mesic recently
made to French daily Le Monde as in poor taste and inappropriate. The statement, made in the form of a joke, by equating late president Tudjman with war criminal Slobodan Milosevic insults the dignity and reverence to Tudjman, HDZ acting president Vladimir Seks told reporters after the session. Commenting on tonight's meeting of a group of HDZ members, founders of the party, at the Zagreb HDZ City Committee, Seks said the party was in "great turmoil". This, he added, has its motives and reasons, and the said meeting is part of it. He expressed hope such activities would not go against HDZ's interests. Asked about the founders' suggestion of Andrija Hebrang as
ZAGREB, Feb 15 (Hina) - The presidency of the formerly ruling
Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) at Tuesday's session condemned a
statement on late Croatian President Franjo Tudjman Croatia's
newly-elected President Stipe Mesic recently made to French daily
Le Monde as in poor taste and inappropriate.
The statement, made in the form of a joke, by equating late
president Tudjman with war criminal Slobodan Milosevic insults the
dignity and reverence to Tudjman, HDZ acting president Vladimir
Seks told reporters after the session.
Commenting on tonight's meeting of a group of HDZ members, founders
of the party, at the Zagreb HDZ City Committee, Seks said the party
was in "great turmoil". This, he added, has its motives and reasons,
and the said meeting is part of it. He expressed hope such
activities would not go against HDZ's interests.
Asked about the founders' suggestion of Andrija Hebrang as HDZ's
new president, Seks said the new president would be elected at the
party's fifth general convention. A new party statute and programme
will also be drafted.
At today's session, the HDZ presidency also discussed tasks related
to the implementation of intra-party elections.
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