Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic on Thursday condemned the crimes committed by the 1941-45 Ustasha regime and called for legally sanctioning the use of the Ustasha insignia and also for regulating the treatment of Communist symbols, including the five-pointed red star.

“We must make a clear distinction between the insignia of the Ustasha regime and the heritage of the (1991-95) Homeland War and regulate the treatment of symbols of the Communist regime,” said Jandrokovic after he laid a wreath in Jasenovac on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the breakout of inmates from the Ustasha-run concentration camp.

Jandrokovic called for ‘consistency’ in regulating the treatment of the five-pointed red star which was displayed by people who committed horrendous atrocities in Bleiburg in the wake of the Second World War, on the Croatian island of Goli Otok during the Yugoslav Communist rule, as well as in the Croatian towns of Vukovar and Skabrnja in 1991.

Jandrokovic said that he would like to see all those who participate in discussions about such insignia to be objective and to have understanding for the victims on all the sides.

“Croatia’s history has been fraught with conflicts. Therefore, in all these years, no appropriate legislative solutions were found,” he underscored, adding that Croatia’s society is now mature enough to find, through democratic discussions, solutions that will protect each victim and deplore every criminal and totalitarian regime.