Report: Gotovina to have political role

Associations of Croatian veterans are preparing to participate in the parliamentary elections, a Zagreb daily writes.

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Associations of Croatian veterans are preparing to participate in the parliamentary elections, a Zagreb daily writes. According to this Jutarnji List report, they plan unite into one organization, called Zbor Udruga (Assembly of Associations), to in this way take part in the election process. Report: Gotovina to have political role As for its leader, the organization is reportedly saving this spot for Ante Gotovina, a former Croatian general currently undergoing trial at the Hague Tribunal, charged with committing war crimes against Croatia's ethnic Serbs. As soon as he gets out of the Hague prison – something the association counts on –Gotovina will allegedly be offered to lead, “so that he can use his charisma to turn the organization into a key political force in the country”. The newspaper claims that it has learned from various sources that preparations are ongoing for the representatives of Croatia's war veterans, or defenders, as they are commonly referred to in that country, to participate in the political arena. One of the key figures of this organization, sources claim, would be controversial singer Marko Perkovic Thompson, criticized for his pro-Nazi lyrics and iconography. Sources say that Thompson would receive an honorary title at the founding session of the Assembly of Associations, so that he would become "the trademark and symbol which would gather all the defenders' associations in their quest for taking the power in the country". The report also said that Thompson will perform in all the rallies, but that the controversial Ustasha songs would be left out of the program. Instead, only "the patriotic ones" would remain on the repertoire, the Zagreb daily writes.

Report: Gotovina to have political role

As for its leader, the organization is reportedly saving this spot for Ante Gotovina, a former Croatian general currently undergoing trial at the Hague Tribunal, charged with committing war crimes against Croatia's ethnic Serbs.

As soon as he gets out of the Hague prison – something the association counts on –Gotovina will allegedly be offered to lead, “so that he can use his charisma to turn the organization into a key political force in the country”.

The newspaper claims that it has learned from various sources that preparations are ongoing for the representatives of Croatia's war veterans, or defenders, as they are commonly referred to in that country, to participate in the political arena.

One of the key figures of this organization, sources claim, would be controversial singer Marko Perković Thompson, criticized for his pro-Nazi lyrics and iconography.

Sources say that Thompson would receive an honorary title at the founding session of the Assembly of Associations, so that he would become "the trademark and symbol which would gather all the defenders' associations in their quest for taking the power in the country".

The report also said that Thompson will perform in all the rallies, but that the controversial Ustasha songs would be left out of the program.

Instead, only "the patriotic ones" would remain on the repertoire, the Zagreb daily writes.

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