ZAGREB, June 30 (Hina) - Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) president Zlatko Tomcic on Wednesday said his party supported the protests the Croatian Farmers' Association is staging in Croatia, but pointed out the HSS was acting entirely
autonomously, including in passing decisions on protest and other activities. According to Tomcic's estimates, the government should ensure US$5.5 million to purchase the market surplus of wheat at 1.32 kuna per kilo. The protests would stop immediately were this done, he said. He refuted the claims made on Tuesday by Ivica Ropus, spokesman for the ruling Croatian Democratic Union, and Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ivan Djurkic, who said the farmers' protests were politically motivated and conducted by Tomcic and the HSS. Assessing the claims as demagogic misinformation, Tomcic said they "testify to the rigidity and arrogance of the HDZ which has no under
ZAGREB, June 30 (Hina) - Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) president
Zlatko Tomcic on Wednesday said his party supported the protests
the Croatian Farmers' Association is staging in Croatia, but
pointed out the HSS was acting entirely autonomously, including in
passing decisions on protest and other activities.
According to Tomcic's estimates, the government should ensure
US$5.5 million to purchase the market surplus of wheat at 1.32 kuna
per kilo. The protests would stop immediately were this done, he
said.
He refuted the claims made on Tuesday by Ivica Ropus, spokesman for
the ruling Croatian Democratic Union, and Agriculture and Forestry
Minister Ivan Djurkic, who said the farmers' protests were
politically motivated and conducted by Tomcic and the HSS.
Assessing the claims as demagogic misinformation, Tomcic said they
"testify to the rigidity and arrogance of the HDZ which has no
understanding at all of the farmers' problems."
Tomcic also criticised Croatian Television's Tuesday evening news
report on the protests. The nine-minute feature contained not one
protester's statement, he remarked.
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