General Ante Gotovina, who was extrajudicially convicted of war crimes by the Hague Tribunal, asked the authorities in Split to stop the initiative to name a street or a square in that city after him, said Split Deputy Mayor Jure Šundov today. Šundov told reporters that Gotovina thanked Split for the initiative to declare himself an honorary citizen of that city and to name a street or square after him, but he is asking that such an initiative be stopped for the time being due to the Hague process. According to the Croatian media, the Split authorities came into contact with Gotovina through his friend Željko Dilber. For this reason, the City Commission for Street Naming will stop such an initiative by the Split councilors, which was presented last week by the daily Croatian Party of Rights, and the city councilors accepted it. According to a survey reported today by some Croatian media, 64 percent of Split residents agree with the initiative to declare the convicted general an honorary citizen, while 33 percent of them oppose the idea, and three percent abstain.
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