"Insecurity is a doorway to lack of freedom as it fosters different forms of dependence, servility and frustrations," reads the statement.
Furthermore, legal, labour and social insecurity is conducive to mass-scale emigrations, which results in a shortage of various occupations and professions that are needed for the functioning of the economy, and also causes a lack of confidence in institutions, the bishops warn.
The bishops also call on the current authorities to immediately start working on halting negative trends caused by "inconsistent implementation of the Constitution and laws."
This is particularly evident in the implementation of "selective justice" notably in failure to prosecute war crimes committed during the 1991-1995 war of independence and in years-long indifference towards prosecuting crimes against humanity which were committed during and in the wake of the Second World War.
It is of particular importance to counter clientelism and corruption at all levels of state, the document reads.
The bishops also warn that all that can undermine the system of social security.
"The concept of inter-generational solidarity is in a serious crisis due to an unfavourable demographic situation, emigrations and inappropriate and non-transparent use of money from pension funds, and a solution to this issue is not evident in the announced pension reform," the commission says.
The statement was outlined at a news conference in Zagreb, by Osijek-Djakovo Archbishop Djuro Hranic, Zagreb Law School professor Davor Derencinovic, and the commission's secretary Vladimir Dugalic.