Croat town mayor won't be prosecuted over fascist song

The mayor of the town of Split in Croatia will not be charged for singing an Ustasha song - because he did not do so, the police announced.

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Wednesday, 15.05.2013.

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SPLIT The mayor of the town of Split in Croatia will not be charged for singing an Ustasha song - because he did not do so, the police announced. According to this, Zeljko Kerum was singing "different, modified verses" to the melody of a song glorifying the Nazi-allied regime of the WW2 Independent State of Croatia (NDH). Croat town mayor won't be prosecuted over fascist song The "melody" in question was borrowed from the song entitled "Jasenovac and Gradiska Stara". Jasenovac and Gradiska were Croatian death camps used for mass executions of Serbs, Jews, and Roma. The Municipal Public Prosecution and the police in Split said neither minor nor criminal charges would be filed against Kerum, as there were "no elements for further police action." The Police Administration of Split-Dalmatia said they reviewed video footage of Kerum singing the song, and would not prosecute. Dragan Markovina, who heads a local independent political list in Split, was the first to draw the attention to the mayor's behavior last week, and publicly ask for him to be punished for allegedly singing the Ustasha song on the coastal town's main beach. Kerum, who is also a member of the Croatian parliament, was previously in the news when he said that Serbs "controlled the media and money and were to blame for all of Croatia's problems." Zeljko Kerum (Image made from YouTube video, file) B92 Tanjug

Croat town mayor won't be prosecuted over fascist song

The "melody" in question was borrowed from the song entitled "Jasenovac and Gradiška Stara". Jasenovac and Gradiška were Croatian death camps used for mass executions of Serbs, Jews, and Roma.

The Municipal Public Prosecution and the police in Split said neither minor nor criminal charges would be filed against Kerum, as there were "no elements for further police action."

The Police Administration of Split-Dalmatia said they reviewed video footage of Kerum singing the song, and would not prosecute.

Dragan Markovina, who heads a local independent political list in Split, was the first to draw the attention to the mayor's behavior last week, and publicly ask for him to be punished for allegedly singing the Ustasha song on the coastal town's main beach.

Kerum, who is also a member of the Croatian parliament, was previously in the news when he said that Serbs "controlled the media and money and were to blame for all of Croatia's problems."

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