Prime Minister and President of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Andrej Plenković again condemned the incidents in Split and Zagreb tonight and said that the law of the street will not pass.
"We are the ones who are the bulwark of a normal and inclusive Croatia, against all those who are trying to achieve their political goals, through some kind of quasi-attempt to destabilize the parliamentary majority, which will not work because the parliamentary majority is stable," said Plenković after a party leadership meeting in Zagreb.
He emphasized that HDZ "advocates for a cultural, civilized, inclusive Croatia, a society that is stable, self-reliant, and secure in itself after achieving victories in the Homeland War, ensuring territorial integrity, building its institutions, and achieving all international achievements in the EU and NATO."
Plenković again accused left-wing and far-right parties of strongly polarizing society, with the left, he said, accusing the HDZ, the government and him of historical revisionism and Ustashaism, while far-right parties, due to their inclusive policies towards the rights of national minorities, including the Serbian minority, proclaim them to be the bearers of "some kind of Yugoslav revision."
The Prime Minister again strongly condemned the attack on the Serbian national community during a cultural event in Split last week, as well as the one in Zagreb, which he called "a highly inappropriate event."
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The Prime Minister, however, assessed that the choice of Dejan Medaković for the subject of the exhibition of the Serbian minority in Zagreb was inappropriate, but not the part related to art and culture, but to the activities and function at SANU.
"I'm not saying that the Serbian minority in Croatia shouldn't have activities of any kind, but some topics related to Medaković were politically poorly chosen and did not contribute to calming tensions," said Plenković.
When asked about the initiative of the mayor of Vukovar to postpone the "Serbian Women" exhibition in Vukovar due to the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Vukovar 1991, Plenković replied that he "did not deal with the content of the exhibition" and that he wants all minorities to have the right to cherish their identity and culture, and that it is up to everyone to consider what content to include in their programs.
He also said that he was in contact with the representative of the Serbian minority, Milorad Pupovac, and reiterated that all activities of the Serbian community were covered by security to prevent situations that, he pointed out, were "more to be ashamed of than to be proud of."
"It is not realistic that the streets are bustling and the state is watching with folded arms," the Prime Minister concluded.
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