ZAGREB, Jan 114 (Hina) - Josip Kokic, a Catholic layman, began an +initiative to proclaim November 18 Vukovar Remembrance Day and +state holiday.+ On November 18, 1991, the Serb aggressor occupied the eastern +Croatian city of
Vukovar.+ Kokic submitted the suggestion, signed by 70 petitioners, +including 25 MPs, to the Croatian National Sabor (parliament) +president's cabinet secretary, Mladen Stepanic.+ Kokic holds that the Vukovar Remembrance Day should be proclaimed +state holiday, but should remain a working day, with salaries +earned on that day to go forward to the reconstruction of the town +and necessary help for returnees.+(hina) lml mm+
ZAGREB, Jan 114 (Hina) - Josip Kokic, a Catholic layman, began an
initiative to proclaim November 18 Vukovar Remembrance Day and
state holiday.
On November 18, 1991, the Serb aggressor occupied the eastern
Croatian city of Vukovar.
Kokic submitted the suggestion, signed by 70 petitioners,
including 25 MPs, to the Croatian National Sabor (parliament)
president's cabinet secretary, Mladen Stepanic.
Kokic holds that the Vukovar Remembrance Day should be proclaimed
state holiday, but should remain a working day, with salaries
earned on that day to go forward to the reconstruction of the town
and necessary help for returnees.
(hina) lml mm