SARAJEVO, 28 March (Hina) - The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) City Council in Sarajevo on Friday warned that Sarajevo canton authorities are conducting an illegal census and called on Sarajevo Croats not to take part in it.
ILLEGAL CENSUS
SARAJEVO, 28 March (Hina) - The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ)
City Council in Sarajevo on Friday warned that Sarajevo canton
authorities are conducting an illegal census and called on Sarajevo
Croats not to take part in it. #L#
In a statement issued on Friday, the HDZ City Council said it
had called a special session today at which it considered numerous
objections by citizens concerning the census and actions by the
people who were conducting the census, as well as certain attempts
aimed at forced change of citizenship.
The HDZ City Council decided at the session to call on Croats
in Sarajevo Canton not to give any data to the persons conducting
the census.
'As far as we are concerned, the census is illegal since Croat
officials did not participate in the decision-making concerning its
conduct', the statement said.
The decision on the census was made only for the Sarajevo
Canton and it had not been announced in the media.
'We do not know the reason or the purpose of the census. We
just want to know who needs the expenses amounting to several
hundred thousand German marks needed for the job, when we know that
the money had been taken from the already poor cantonal funds',
said that statement.
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