The president of the Zagreb Jewish Community, Ognjen Kraus, said on Tuesday there was no one in the parliamentary majority who could be against changes to the Criminal Code that would ban Ustasha insignia, adding that this was a question of good will.

“I think all the conditions exist for that because amongst those who support the government are (national) minority MPs and those who are direct victims of the NDH (1941-45 Nazi-styled Independent State of Croatia). There are also several members of the ruling majority who are of that orientation,” Kraus told the press when asked if it was realistic for the ruling majority to amend the Criminal Code.

He said earlier that a bill of amendments to ban Ustasha insignia, including the For the Homeland Ready salute, would be sent to parliament soon.

Kraus also said the majority did not include any extreme right party and that there was no reason for the amendments not to pass. “There is no one in the parliamentary majority who could be against that. Therefore, it’s only a question of good will.”

Kraus said that apart from banning Ustasha insignia, the bill envisaged banning the denial of history and the victims of the NDH and its concentration camps.

A representative of the ruling HDZ party has supported the bill, but the HDZ whip, Branko Bacic, has said that “this still needs to be discussed.”