Prime Minister Plenkovic about the history of Croatia: we came from « both fell » to Croatian Rafale
Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic reminded from a solemn concert at the Croatian National Theater on the occasion of National Day that we came from Usklik in 35 years « both fell, to Croatian Rafale », and Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic invited everyone to accept on May 30 on the Statehood Day.
« This year is especially solemn because, with the 1100th anniversary of the establishment of the Croatian Kingdom, we also mark the 35th anniversary of the constitution of the first democratically elected Croatian Parliament, May 30, 1990, after the first free elections, » the Prime Minister said in the address to numerous guests from Croatian public and political life, including some of the first members of the 1990s.
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Of them, 351, today there are 188 of them, and as the Speaker of Parliament Gordan Jandroković pointed out, more than 80 were arrived at the ceremony. Among them, Andro Krstulović Opara, the only representative of the current convocation who was a representative of Parliament in 1990.
Plenkovic emphasized that on May 30, after almost nine centuries, the Croatian people again took their own fate into their own hands, became sovereign and ranked with free European peoples as an equal political entity and a sovereign creator of their own future. On that day, the Croatian Parliament, as a historical symbol of Croatian statehood, became the bearer of sovereignty and expression of the will of the people, he added and emphasized that modern democratic Croatia was born that day.
« That is why we celebrate today on May 30, as the basic turning point and political outcome of the renewal of Croatian statehood, » he said.
The Prime Minister paid tribute to everyone, especially Croatian veterans. « Under the guidance of the first president, Dr. Franjo Tudjman and with the determination of the Croatian people, we have the right to our own state, » he said.
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Plenkovic: From « Both fell » to Croatian Rafalea
He recalled the Prime Minister that we had grown from the country with a war in modern European democracy, a member of NATO, the European Union, Schengen and the Euro-Each.
« From the destroyed Vukovar to the magnificent Peljesac Bridge, from hundreds of thousands of exiles to more than 20 million tourists a year, » both fell! « To Croatian Rafale, » he said, which the guests welcomed the applause.
Speaking of today’s global challenges, he pointed out that Croatia stands with the Ukrainian people, which, he emphasized, defending its freedom, also protects the safety of Europe at the same time. With the modernization and equipment of the Croatian Army, we have erected, he said, defensive abilities to the highest level so far, and in 35 years came to the category of advanced economy with record employment, the lowest unemployment, and, stressed, historical growth of salaries and pensions.
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« Hundreds of thousands of Croatian workers, farmers, teachers, doctors, officers, police officers, craftsmen, businessmen and all those who build our country are most responsible for these achievements. They build our country daily.
Our achievements give us the right to confidence, he added, and called, regardless of political differences, on the construction of consensus over strategic issues of the future.
« National Day is not only a day of memory, but also a moment of responsibility to the people, the country and the generations of coming. Therefore, in the spirit of communion and responsibility, I congratulate all of you from the heart of National Day, » he said.
Jandroković quoted Mazuranic: I believe in Croatia, her past, present and future
The Speaker of the Parliament joined him in a commemorative speech, who pointed out that 35 years ago, the Croatian people showed that he did not want to live in a country that is a totalitarian, undemocratic, one -party and one -party and in which fundamental human and civil rights were neglected.
« The Croatian people have chosen the path of freedom, democracy, multi -party, pluralism. That day, fundamental messages related to future sovereignty, independence and independence of the Republic of Croatia. For this reason, I think that this day should be on statehood day and I urge all those who still have any doubt whether this day is celebrated as a Statehood Day, to accept it and to be our central national holiday, » The President of the Republic of Zoran Milanovic, and the gathered were seized.
He thanked the representatives of the first convocation of the Parliament, who, he said, incorporated themselves into an independent and democratic Croatia, and made a special thank you to the veterans because, he stressed, their victim is the greatest. « The heart of thank them, as well as the first Croatian President, Dr. Franjo Tudjman, a man who had a vision of creating an independent RH and who turned his dreams into reality. This is a difference between him and many other politicians or theorists, » he said.
The path to independence was demanding because it happened at the time of Greater Serbian aggression, whose echoes we still feel today, said Jandroković.
« We do not give to the Homeland War and Croatian Veterans, Dr. Tudjman, our fundamental values, our language, our history, culture, religion, our greats, and so it will be forever, » he said.
In the end, he quoted the speech of the first Croatian ban of Pucan Ivan Mazuranic in the Croatian Parliament in 1886: « I believe in Croatia, her past, her present, her future. »
A solemn concert, which performed the third act of the opera ‘Ero from the world’ by Jakov Gotovac, directed by Kresimir Dolenčić, and under the direction of Maestro Ivan Repušić and the ballet, orchestra and choir of the CNT opera and soloists Ivica Čikeš, Dubravka Šeparović Mušović, Valentina Fijacko Kobić is a full -day program to commemorate National Day.
