ZAGREB, July 29 (Hina) - The Juris Protecta association has accused the incumbent Croatian government of "trying to appropriate money of Croatian emigrants," which was intended for the defence of the country in the early 1990s and
which was subsequently transferred from a bank account in Austria to the bank account of the Croatian Democratic Union's fund called "Zaklada Hrvatskog Drzavnog Zavjeta".
ZAGREB, July 29 (Hina) - The Juris Protecta association has accused
the incumbent Croatian government of "trying to appropriate money
of Croatian emigrants," which was intended for the defence of the
country in the early 1990s and which was subsequently transferred
from a bank account in Austria to the bank account of the Croatian
Democratic Union's fund called "Zaklada Hrvatskog Drzavnog
Zavjeta". #L#
Instead of giving money back to Croatian emigrants who had remitted
it to the bank account in Villach, Austria, from the outbreak of the
Homeland War, the current government also shows inclinations
towards assets that do not belong to it, the head of the
association, Zdravko Zeljko, said at a news conference in Zagreb on
Tuesday.
The disputed cash from the Austrian account was transferred to the
account of the HDZ, the then ruling party in Croatia, by a senior
party official, Hrvoje Sarinic. Last year, Croatia asked for the
funds through a request issued by the Office of the Public
Prosecutor. Although the government and the HDZ later agreed on the
hand-over of over 1.5 million euros, this has not happened to date,
Zeljko said.
(hina) ms sb