ZAGREB, Aug 8 (Hina) - A delegation of the Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS), headed by HSS president Zlatko Tomcic, on Tuesday laid wreaths and lit candles at the grave of the HSS founder Stjepan Radic at Zagreb's central cemetery
Mirogoj. "Croatia and Europe of today are still burdened with grave injustices, social needs and inadequate political freedoms. It is therefore important to remember Stjepan Radic and his ideology," said Tomcic. Everybody needs freedom and social justice and that is what Radic's teaching and the policy of today's HSS are based on, he added. Radic, a Croatian politician and founder of the HSS, died on 8 August 1928 from the injuries he suffered in an attack by a Serb Radical Party deputy Punisa Racic on HSS deputies at the Yugoslav Assembly in Belgrade on 20 June 1928. Stjepan Radic, Ivan Pernar and Ivan Grandja were seriously wounded in the attack whereas Pavle Radic and Djuro Bas
ZAGREB, Aug 8 (Hina) - A delegation of the Croatian Peasants' Party
(HSS), headed by HSS president Zlatko Tomcic, on Tuesday laid
wreaths and lit candles at the grave of the HSS founder Stjepan
Radic at Zagreb's central cemetery Mirogoj.
"Croatia and Europe of today are still burdened with grave
injustices, social needs and inadequate political freedoms. It is
therefore important to remember Stjepan Radic and his ideology,"
said Tomcic.
Everybody needs freedom and social justice and that is what Radic's
teaching and the policy of today's HSS are based on, he added.
Radic, a Croatian politician and founder of the HSS, died on 8
August 1928 from the injuries he suffered in an attack by a Serb
Radical Party deputy Punisa Racic on HSS deputies at the Yugoslav
Assembly in Belgrade on 20 June 1928. Stjepan Radic, Ivan Pernar and
Ivan Grandja were seriously wounded in the attack whereas Pavle
Radic and Djuro Basaricek were assassinated.
(hina) rml