A civil action group concerned with the recent events in the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar on Friday presented Parliament Speaker Josip Leko with an appeal to have Vukovar proclaimed a town of special piety for all Croatian citizens.
"Without any intent to cut short anyone's rights, including the ethnic Serb minority, we believe that the introduction of a symbol of calamity in the streets of Vukovar is pre-empted particularly for those who experienced personal loss and live in Vukovar", the group's leader Vlado Iljkic told the press after meeting with Leko.
The appeal calls for a model to be found by which Vukovar would be exempted from the application of dual language signs because of its misuse during the nineties war and after it and is even occurring to this day. The appeal further seeks that the Serbian national anthem not be played in that town in the foreseeable future.
The group expects the appeal to be put into regular procedure and for it not to be shelved.
Parliament Speaker Josip Leko later confirmed to the press that he had received the appeal in which the civil action group presents their view of how the Law on National Minority Rights should be implemented with regard to the introduction of the Serbian language and script.
"I received the appeal and will put it into regular procedure and we will see what the official bodies will have to say," said Leko.
The group intends to present the appeal to the government and the President's Office.
