Commenting on Monday's protest rallies and the forcible removal of dual Latin and Cyrillic signs from public institutions in Vukovar, Vukovar-Srijem County Prefect Bozo Galic said that this was the consequence of the "ministers' and government's decision, of ignorance of the situation on the ground."
He said it was not the time to set up Cyrillic signs in Vukovar and that the eastern town was still "full of suffering, full of wounds, and this is rubbing salt into the wound."
The Cyrillic script is not just an alphabet, but a symbol of suffering in Vukovar, he said.
"I call on Serb politicians to publicly say that it's still not the time to introduce Cyrillic signs. Vukovar is a place of special respect and we must all advocate that if we want wellbeing and the coexistence of Serbs and Croats here."
Galic said the county, as a self-government unit, had not ordered the making of dual-language signs, and that he expected representatives of the government and the town of Vukovar to sit down and discuss this matter.
