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Bulj at Protest: “This Is Worse Than Treason, Just Like in 1991”

From Večernji List · () Croatian

Translated from Croatian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The “Walk for Lika, Walk for Croatia” protest moved from near Zagreb’s main railway station toward Ban Jelačić Square.
  • Miro Bulj said the hazardous-waste affair in the Gospić area represented a crime against Croatia and compared the situation with 1991.
  • Bulj predicted the scandal would mark the political end of the government, while protesters demanded answers and accountability from state institutions.

Miro Bulj said he felt compelled to join a Zagreb protest over hazardous waste in the Gospić area, comparing the moment with Croatia’s 1991 war of independence.

This is the same as in 1991. I felt the need, as many Croats felt the need to defend our homeland, and I feel the same way now. I could not fail to come here today.

· Miro BuljBulj explained why he joined the Zagreb protest.

“This is the same as in 1991. I felt the need, as many Croats felt the need to defend our homeland, and I feel the same way now. I could not fail to come here today,” Bulj told Večernji list before the protest column set out.

The “Walk for Lika, Walk for Croatia” procession began near Zagreb’s main railway station and headed toward Ban Jelačić Square. Organizers presented it as a response to the hazardous-waste affair and said participants were seeking answers and accountability from the responsible institutions.

The main message is that enough is enough with the corrupt government leading this attempted crime, or crime already committed in the heart of Croatia, by importing foreign hazardous poisonous waste into the heart of our Croatia, into Lika.

· Miro BuljBulj accused the government over the hazardous-waste affair.

Bulj, a member of parliament and mayor of Sinj, accused what he called a corrupt government of allowing foreign hazardous waste into Lika, in the heart of Croatia. He said the issue concerned the protection of water and the future of local residents and children.

Poisoning your own people, your water and your future, your children, is more than treason. This is an act greater than treason.

· Miro BuljBulj stressed the alleged risks to people, water and future generations.

“Poisoning your own people, your water and your future, your children, is more than treason. This is an act greater than treason,” Bulj said. He also argued that the affair could have serious political consequences for the government, declaring: “This is not a message. This is the end, the political end. The end of a government that allowed the worst events to happen under its sponsorship, worse than during the Homeland War.”

This is not a message. This is the end, the political end. The end of a government that allowed the worst events to happen under its sponsorship, worse than during the Homeland War.

· Miro BuljBulj predicted political consequences for the government.
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Originally published by Večernji List in Croatian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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