PAVLETIC ON ANNIVERSARY OF DECISION ON CRO INDEPENDENCE

ZAGREB, June 25 (Hina) - Addressing a House of Representatives session on Friday, Croatian parliament president Vlatko Pavletic spoke about June 25, 1991, when parliament on the basis of a referendum passed the historical Declaration on the Establishment of Independent and Sovereign Republic of Croatia. On that date parliament also passed several other important decisions, namely the Constitutional Decision on the Independence and Sovereignty of the Republic of Croatia, the Constitutional Law on Amendments to the Constitutional Law on the Enforcement of the Constitution, and the Charter on the Rights of Serbs and Other Nationalities. "For us, a big and historical decision came into force then, that on Croatia's independent and sovereign path forward," Pavletic recalled. "For Croatia's recent history, it will be interesting to see how since its constitution people have performed in relation to (the above mentioned) documents, to evaluate the importance and merits of those who motioned and with their majority adopted them," he said. Pavletic also recalled the text of the constitutional decision on Croatia's independence and sovereignty, which proclaimed Croatia an independent and sovereign state, initiated its separation from the former Yugoslav federation and its international recognition, established that Croatia's state borders were internationally recognised in the territory Croatia had in the former Yugoslav federation, and which stated that Croatia guaranteed national and all other rights to all of its citizens. (hina) ha