ZAGREB, April 29 (Hina) - On the occasion of the death of retired Staff General Janko Bobetko, condolences to his family were sent by numerous state officials and public and political figures.
ZAGREB, April 29 (Hina) - On the occasion of the death of retired
Staff General Janko Bobetko, condolences to his family were sent by
numerous state officials and public and political figures. #L#
Sabor Vice President Zdravko Tomac stressed that Bobetko marked
recent Croatian history as a legendary Croatian general who fought
against Fascism in World War II and against the Greater Serbian
aggression against Croatia.
Regardless of the events that marked the end of his life, Bobetko
will be counted amongst the greatest men the Croatian people, Tomac
said in his telegram.
Janko Bobetko was a symbol of resistance by the Croatian people in
the struggle for freedom. He was one of the legendary commanders in
the Homeland War, a telegram sent by Croatian Democratic Union
(HDZ) president, Ivo Sanader said.
General Bobetko's departure is that of a hero, a highly moral person
and a symbol of Croatia's struggle for freedom and the preservation
of its independence. This is a irretrievable loss for Croatia on the
whole, Sanader's telegram said. Amongst else it notes that HDZ
members were proud that Bobetko was a member of that party and that
it was in this party that he saw that he could achieve his political
ideals.
President of the Croatian Social Liberal Party Drazen Budisa said
that he was deeply shaken with the news of Bobetko's death.
According to Budisa, Bobetko should be given huge credit for
creating and defending Croatia. It is a sad fact that the man died
with an indictment of war crimes against him, Budisa said.
The Democratic Centre (DC) pointed out that it received with great
sadness the news of the death of General Bobetko. He was one of the
greatest generals in Croatian history and a fighter to found the
Croatian state, this party added.
An association of Croatian veterans, called Sredisnji stozer
hrvatskih branitelja, pointed out that the death of a great man,
military leader, politician and patriot, Janko Bobetko, was an
irretrievable loss for his family and the entire Croatian nation.
The association noted that the false accusations and pressure
placed upon the general more than certainly accelerated his death
and that fact obliged Croatian veterans to continue their fight
against the criminalisation of the Homeland War and attempts to
equalise the victim with the aggressor.
The Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU) in its expression of
condolence to Bobetko's family thanked him for everything he did
for Croatia.
A telegram expressing their condolences were forwarded by the heads
of the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO). It noted that Bobetko's
death was a huge and irretrievable loss for the Croatian people and
state.
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