VICTIMS OF FASCISM GET BACK THEIR ZAGREB SQUARE

ZAGREB, Dec 20 (Hina) - A Zagreb square, which has until today been called the Square of Croatian Great Men for nine years, was on Wednesday restored its previous name "The Square of Victims of Fascism". The name "The Square of Croatian Great Men" was given to a nearby square previously called the square of stock exchanges, according to a decision of the city's assembly. Of the total of 50 city councillors, 27 voted in a favour of renaming the square "The Square of Victims of Fascism" after a heated-seven- hour-long debate. Seven councillors - members of the HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union), HSS (Croatian Peasants' Party) and HSLS (Croatian Social Liberal Party) - voted against it, four abstained, and Democratic Centre (DC) members left the session before the vote. The proposal of the HSLS and HDZ that each alderman should vote individually and separately was rejected. Another move of the HSLS that the ballot be postponed was also dismissed. After the ballot, a leader of the Croatian movement pro life and family, Ruzica Cavar, flooded the assembly with leaflets reading 'traitors of Croatian great men'. (hina) ms