ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - President Tudjman was the leader of the movement for the establishment of an independent Croatian state, the president of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), Drazen Budisa, said on Saturday at a
commemorative session of the party's National and Executive Committees. Croatia is bidding farewell to its first president. His passing puts an end to the first period in the establishment and organisation of the Croatian state, which became independent in our time, after many difficult historical trials, Budisa said in his speech. Bidding farewell to President Tudjman, we are aware that we are bidding farewell to an exceptional, unique, and charismatic personality, which incited strong feelings in everyone, both of support and opposition. Certainly, everything we did with him and he himself will, as always, be judged by history. Now already we can be sure that Franjo Tudjman
ZAGREB, Dec 11 (Hina) - President Tudjman was the leader of the
movement for the establishment of an independent Croatian state,
the president of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), Drazen
Budisa, said on Saturday at a commemorative session of the party's
National and Executive Committees.
Croatia is bidding farewell to its first president. His passing
puts an end to the first period in the establishment and
organisation of the Croatian state, which became independent in our
time, after many difficult historical trials, Budisa said in his
speech.
Bidding farewell to President Tudjman, we are aware that we are
bidding farewell to an exceptional, unique, and charismatic
personality, which incited strong feelings in everyone, both of
support and opposition. Certainly, everything we did with him and
he himself will, as always, be judged by history. Now already we can
be sure that Franjo Tudjman will keep his unavoidable place in
history.
Tudjman's vision of Croatian state identity was doubtless a wish
for his and our Croatia to live forever and outlive all of us,
including its first president, Budisa said.
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