Marko Perković Tompson held a concert in the Zagreb Arena last night in front of almost 20 people. He also performed "Bojna Čavoglave" which, as always, began with the salute "For the homeland, ready", which is why the City did not allow him to hold another concert in the Arena.
His team announced criminal charges for this, and before performing the song, Thompson called for the overthrow of the Zagreb government in the elections. Mayor Tomislav Tomašević responded today on Facebook...
"There was a spectacle on stage at the Zagreb Arena during the concert, and delirium in the audience, without incidents. And at the very mention of Mayor Tomašević, the audience reacted with boos," writes HRT.
As he announced, Thompson performed "Bojna Čavoglave" in its full version. The song and the opening greeting have been the subject of a dispute between the singer and the Zagreb authorities for months. And as soon as it was sung, it became official - there will be no second concert. For Thompson, it is an attack on the Homeland War and the foundations of the Croatian state.
"We know that today the city of Zagreb is governed by an extreme leftist sect and the remnants of the Yugoslav communists. Zagreb is the capital of Croatia, but it is also the capital of every Croatian man and woman, no matter where they live, whether in America, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina or anywhere. We are all emotionally attached to the city of Zagreb, which is why we affectionately call it the capital of all Croats. That is why I call on everyone who disagrees with this government that makes such decisions to oppose it, but through democratic means, through elections. Elections can be regular or extraordinary. I call on all younger people, I call on all people from political and public life, all Croatian veterans to make another effort, to help you young people, so that you, our youth, our falcons, our beauty that we see here tonight, our hope, may make Croatia proud and beautiful as in dreams. And finally, we will not tolerate this misery and cowardice that defends our wakes from 1991, our songs that we sing for 34 years. That's why... there will be more days, there will be days. And now very, very strongly the Čavoglava Battalion," Thompson said at the concert, as his team announced on Facebook.
And instead of in the Arena, Thompson's hits were performed today under the window of the Mayor of Zagreb.
A smaller group of protesters also announced future actions in February. One of them, as reported by HRT, said that they were officially starting to collect signatures, or rather a referendum, to impeach Tomašević.
Opposition MP Dalija Orešković, who recently listened to the same repertoire under her window, reacted to today's protest.
"It is time to expel from our streets, but also from concert arenas and stadiums those who, by shouting the Ustasha 'Za dom spremni', are destroying the constitutional foundations of our state, instead of allowing such people to expel musicians of Roma, Serbian or any other nationality who in no way offend what we have determined in the Constitution that we will be as a state, as a nation, as a political community," the president of DOSIP wrote on Facebook, among other things.
Tomašević briefly responded to last night's and today's roll call.
"I was elected mayor of Zagreb twice in democratic elections. The mandate and trust to lead this city were given to me by the citizens of Zagreb. As long as I have the trust of the people of Zagreb, I will do this job conscientiously and responsibly and will make decisions that I consider correct regardless of pressure," he said on Facebook.
Thompson's team announces a legal battle - misdemeanor and criminal charges against Tomašević.
"We must oppose this unitarism, an attack on the legal order and human rights. It is a shame for the state budget, which could have generated a solid amount of revenue, another denial of human rights, the right to work, to a different opinion," said Thompson's manager Zdravko Barišić, reported by HRT.
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