Croatia should now win the war against "domestic revisionists and falsifiers" of the Croatian path towards its sovereignty and victory in the Homeland War, Seks said.

He recalled that the decision made by the Sabor on 8 October 1991 to sever all state and legal ties with the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) ushered in a new, brighter era in Croatian history.

Thanks to the victory in the Homeland War, Croatia is today a free and independent democracy. However it has not yet accomplished all of its goals and aspirations, he added.

Describing the 1991-1995 war as a threefold war in which the Croatian nation gained independence, he explained that Croatia then waged the war against the Serb occupying forces, as well as against international deniers of Croatia's independence and local revisionists and falsifiers of Croatia's road towards sovereignty and independence.

"The first war was waged with weapons, the second one through diplomacy and the third one through promotion. The Croatian people has won the first two wars, the third one is still being waged. It is up to us to put an end to it in the same way as we did with the two others, namely by winning it," Seks said.

Today Croatia is paying tribute to Croatian soldiers who helped to ensure that the centuries-long dream of the Croatian people for independence became a reality, Seks said, pointing out the role of the first Croatian President Franjo Tudjman in those efforts, whom he described as a historian, scholar, statesman, strategist and visionary.

Parliament Speaker Luka Bebic said in his brief speech before Seks addressed the session that the 8 October 1991 decision was a pivotal event in the struggle for freedom and independence.

In attendance at the special ceremony were President Ivo Josipovic, Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor, MPs, former Croatian President Stjepan Mesic, judicial officials as well as religious dignitaries, diplomats and trade unionists.