CROATIAN PRESIDENT SUPPORTS DISABLED WAR VETERANS' DEMANDS

ZAGREB, Sept 14 (Hina) - The Association of Croatian Homeland War Invalids (HVIDRA) began a convention in Zagreb on Saturday in the presence of the President of the Republic, Franjo Tudjman. HVIDRA president Marinko Liovic said in his opening remarks that there had been no improvement in the social status of disabled war veterans and that the aim of a protest rally due to take place outside the Parliament building on Sunday was to draw the attention of the government and public to their problems. In his address to the convention, President Tudjman stressed that he supported the invalids' justified demands, saying that the invalids "have given the most that can be given for the free and independent Croatian state." Tudjman said that "we must not allow a destabilization of the Croatian state and a return to Balkan frameworks." "The Croatian authorities will make every effort to resolve the problems of disabled veterans," Tudjman emphasized. (hina) mm vm 141416 MET sep 96