ZAGREB, Nov 11 (Hina) - During Thursday's parliamentary debate on a report by the Commission Establishing (Second World) War and Post-War Victims, benches of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), the Croatian People's
Party/Istrian Democratic Forum (HNS/IDS), and representatives of minorities suggested the report should be rejected, the Commission dissolved, and its task turned over to historians and scientists. The bench of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) suggested that the debate be principled, and that all remarks be forwarded to the Commission so that it might respond and submit an integral and objective report devoid of any ideologising and estimates which, the bench said, were not part of its task. Djurdja Adlesic and Srecko Bijelic on behalf of the HSLS and the HNS/IDS respectively said auctioning and manipulating with victims in the name of present-day political purposes
ZAGREB, Nov 11 (Hina) - During Thursday's parliamentary debate on a
report by the Commission Establishing (Second World) War and Post-
War Victims, benches of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS),
the Croatian People's Party/Istrian Democratic Forum (HNS/IDS),
and representatives of minorities suggested the report should be
rejected, the Commission dissolved, and its task turned over to
historians and scientists.
The bench of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) suggested
that the debate be principled, and that all remarks be forwarded to
the Commission so that it might respond and submit an integral and
objective report devoid of any ideologising and estimates which,
the bench said, were not part of its task.
Djurdja Adlesic and Srecko Bijelic on behalf of the HSLS and the
HNS/IDS respectively said auctioning and manipulating with victims
in the name of present-day political purposes was impermissible.
Adlesic suggested that since it failed in its tasks, the Commission
should be dissolved and its work turned over to scientists and teams
of experts. This, she said, would prevent victim manipulation and
turn over history to science.
Furio Radin on behalf of the bench of Independent Representatives
of National Minorities also urged that the Commission be dissolved.
The report insults not only the Croatian people, but numerous
representatives of national minorities as well, it is shameful,
offensive, and biased, he asserted.
Vladimir Seks on behalf of the HDZ bench objected to the
Commission's work methodology in relation to victims for which was
responsible the Independent State of Croatia (NDH, 1941-1945).
Seks said the report does not clearly state that only part of the
sources were used. This, he added, led to misunderstanding, and
wrong and ill-intentioned interpretations.
Alongside data that more than 2,300 persons and more than 330 Jews
were killed in the Jasenovac concentration camp, the Commission
should have referred to another dozen sources, Seks said. This, he
added, would have avoided the wrong impression that the Commission
perused only selected sources, and that it minimised the number of
victims for whom were responsible the NDH regime, nazism and
fascism.
Seks also remarked that the Commission did not give examples, for
instance of the racial laws which in the NDH led to the crimes.
Seks commended the Commission's results on Croatian victims which
could not be spoken of during the Communist regime, especially the
emigrants killed by the UDBA, a former Yugoslav secret police.
Representatives of the ruling party reiterated the report
indicated that the Commission had only begun with its work, and that
it would take time to investigate all crimes and all victims,
especially those killed after World War Two.
Anto Kovacevic of the Croatian Christian Democratic Union said the
report would be of assistance in the establishing of truth on WW2
and crimes about which it was forbidden to speak of.
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