ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - Vice-president of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) held a speech at a commemorative session of the party Presidency held on Saturday on occasion of the death of President Tudjman. President Tudjman died in
hospital late Friday night. In the millennium struggle of the Croatian people for freedom and democracy, Tudjman was the first and only Croatian who had, with the power of his mind and heart, united and reconciled the Croatian people, connected the homeland and the diaspora, created the liberation and state-building movement, the Croatian Democratic Union and victoriously for the first time in Croatian history, crowned the dreams, aspirations, struggle, suffering and numerous victims of many generations of the Croatian people with the free and independent State of Croatia, Seks said. President Tudjman honestly believed in his, Croatian people, expressing their aspirations and craving for a free Croa
ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - Vice-president of the Croatian Democratic
Union (HDZ) held a speech at a commemorative session of the party
Presidency held on Saturday on occasion of the death of President
Tudjman.
President Tudjman died in hospital late Friday night.
In the millennium struggle of the Croatian people for freedom and
democracy, Tudjman was the first and only Croatian who had, with the
power of his mind and heart, united and reconciled the Croatian
people, connected the homeland and the diaspora, created the
liberation and state-building movement, the Croatian Democratic
Union and victoriously for the first time in Croatian history,
crowned the dreams, aspirations, struggle, suffering and numerous
victims of many generations of the Croatian people with the free and
independent State of Croatia, Seks said.
President Tudjman honestly believed in his, Croatian people,
expressing their aspirations and craving for a free Croatian home.
The Croatian people paid him back with love and trust, knowing and
feeling that Franjo Tudjman was the only man who knew, wished and
could realise the people's ideals, Vladimir Seks stressed.
Dear President of all Croatians, Franjo Tudjman, the entire
Croatian people, your Croatia, your Croatian democratic Union in an
uncertain, but proud victory, pledge that they will unify all their
powers in union and glory, with the aim of maintaining,
consolidating your great work, and the free, independent,
democratic and just Croatia, Seks said.
Stressing that the "free and independent state of Croatia remained
the biggest monument to the work of Franjo Tudjman," HDZ secretary-
general Drago Krpina said Tudjman had fulfilled all his historic
pledges.
Franjo Tudjman deliberated and victoriously led the Croatian
state, relying on the best experience in Croatian history, uniting
the entire Croatian people in a determining fight for the
establishment and defence of a sovereign Croatia, Krpina said.
After the commemorative session which started with a minute of
silence, members of the HDZ Presidency signed the book of
condolence which has been opened at the party's main secretariat
offices for all citizens.
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