PM says he "won't give up" on law allowing bilingualism
Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanović has reiterated that he "will not give up" on a law that enables for bilingualism to be introduced in Vukovar.
Tuesday, 19.11.2013.
16:31
BELGRADE Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic has reiterated that he "will not give up" on a law that enables for bilingualism to be introduced in Vukovar. Milanovic also stated that he "does not think that the decision of the government on setting up bilingual signs in that town was wrong." PM says he "won't give up" on law allowing bilingualism He added that the law on the rights of national minorities and that gives them the right to officially use their own language where they form more than 30 percent of the population was established "long ago." "When we joined the EU, when a progressive, urban, modern government won, suddenly that law must be reversed and signatures are now being collecting for a referendum, to give minorities the right to bilingualism where they make up 50 percent of the population - in other words, where they have become the majority," the prime minister noted. He described the initiative as "a convenient Central Asian concept," which, he said, "will not pass" as long as he serves as prime minister. Speaking about Monday's separate commemorative marches in Vukovar, and the fact that top officials were prevented from joining the original procession, Milanovic said this did not represent "a split, but a low-level political hoax and obstruction coming from those who represent no one, while the majority of people agreed to be subjected to it." He said that he was "not ready for further dialogue" with representatives of a group campaigning against inscriptions in Serbian Cyrillic being put up on public buildings in Vukovar, because, as he said, "they represent anyone." Yesterday, 22 years since the fall of Vukovar were marked with two "remembrance marches" as a result of the introduction of bilingualism in Vukovar in early September of this year. On several occasions on Monday, activists of the Headquarters for the Defense of the Croatian Vukovar, who are opposed to the Cyrillic script, prevented the passage of a column of official vehicles, and Croatian state officials then decided to withdraw from participating in the procession. Milorad Pupovac (L) and Zoran Milanovic (Tanjug) Tanjug
PM says he "won't give up" on law allowing bilingualism
He added that the law on the rights of national minorities and that gives them the right to officially use their own language where they form more than 30 percent of the population was established "long ago.""When we joined the EU, when a progressive, urban, modern government won, suddenly that law must be reversed and signatures are now being collecting for a referendum, to give minorities the right to bilingualism where they make up 50 percent of the population - in other words, where they have become the majority," the prime minister noted.
He described the initiative as "a convenient Central Asian concept," which, he said, "will not pass" as long as he serves as prime minister.
Speaking about Monday's separate commemorative marches in Vukovar, and the fact that top officials were prevented from joining the original procession, Milanović said this did not represent "a split, but a low-level political hoax and obstruction coming from those who represent no one, while the majority of people agreed to be subjected to it."
He said that he was "not ready for further dialogue" with representatives of a group campaigning against inscriptions in Serbian Cyrillic being put up on public buildings in Vukovar, because, as he said, "they represent anyone."
Yesterday, 22 years since the fall of Vukovar were marked with two "remembrance marches" as a result of the introduction of bilingualism in Vukovar in early September of this year.
On several occasions on Monday, activists of the Headquarters for the Defense of the Croatian Vukovar, who are opposed to the Cyrillic script, prevented the passage of a column of official vehicles, and Croatian state officials then decided to withdraw from participating in the procession.
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