Uklonite politiku revizionizma iz hrvatske Vlade!

Desetljeće nakon apliciranja za članstvo u Europskoj uniji, Hrvatska je 2013. godine postala 28. država članica. Članstvo u Uniji trebalo je biti važnom oznakom u tranzicijskom procesu nakon turbulentne prošlosti koju je Hrvatska imala u 20. stoljeću. Od Hrvatske su se očekivali poštovanje i promocija temeljnih demokratskih vrijednosti, kao što su jednakost i društveno uključenje, kao ključni elementi garancije stabilnosti i mira u Europi.

Međutim, novoizabrana hrvatska Vlada očito ne ispunjava svoje obveze i odgovornosti spram navedenih temeljnih vrijednosti. Hrvatski premijer Tihomir Orešković imenovao je Zlatka Hasanbegovića ministrom kulture. G. Hasanbegović je kao povjesničar tijekom posljednjih dvadesetak godina postao poznat po kontroverznim, revizionističkim pogledima na recentnu hrvatsku prošlost. Nedavno je javno izjavio da je poraz ustaškog režima 1945. godine najveća nacionalna tragedija te je glorificirao i javno zagovarao rehabilitaciju Huseina ef. Đoze koji je služio u 13. Waffen diviziji SS Handschar. Otkriveno je da je kao vanjski suradnik pisao za časopis Nezavisna Država Hrvatska (kvislinški ustaški režim) koji je zagovarao nacističke vrijednosti i heroje. Godine 1996. Hasanbegović je napisao najmanje dva članka u kojima je propagirao rad i političke ideje Ante Pavelića te sustavno nijekao zločine koje je počinila Nezavisna Država Hrvatska. Hasanbegović je ove godine antifašizam nazvao floskulom.

Izuzetno je važno sjetiti se žrtava ustaškog režima. Prema najpouzdanijim procjenama i analizama, minimalno 83.000 ljudi je brutalno ubijeno u koncentracijskom logoru Jasenovac. Zahvaljujući istraživačkim naporima koji su uloženi, imena tih žrtava su poznata. Međutim, postoje mnoge druge žrtve čija su imena i dalje u potpunosti nepoznata. Hrvatski fašisti – Ustaše – locirali su, zarobili, mučili i ubijali Srbe, Židove i Rome na rasnoj, etničkoj i religijskoj osnovi, kao i Muslimane i Hrvate na političkoj osnovi. Iako zločini počinjeni u Jasenovcu nemaju premca u NDH u terminima razmjera zločina, radi se samo o dijelu slagalice okrutnosti i masovnih zločina koje su počinili ustaše temeljem rasnih zakona, represije i progona. Kao i svi drugi nacisti i fašisti, ustaše su bili nezasitni u vlastitoj mržnji i okrutnosti. To jasno govori o zlu koje je činilo sastavni dio i temelj njihove ideologije i doktrine.

G. Hasanbegović koristi dokaze o zločinima počinjenima nakon Drugoga svjetskog rata kao identifikacijsku točku antifašizma i komunizma, što je nedopustivo. U svojim javnim nastupima, ali i pisanim djelima, Hasanbegović krivo upotrebljava i manipulira slobodom govora kao jednom od temeljnih vrijednosti naše političke unije. Koristi slobodu koja je zajamčena svim građanima za promociju stavova koji su povezani s ideologijom čija primjena ne samo da ograničava slobodu govora već nasilno i brutalno progoni sve one koji su drugačiji ili koji misle drugačije.

Međutim, jedna je stvar omogućiti slobodu govora svima onima koji vjeruju u isključive ideologije, dok je sasvim drugo uključiti ih u Vladu i dati im autoritet za uspostavu straha opasnosti za cijelo društvo.

Upravo tu leži najveća opasnost. G. Hasanbegović nema iskustva u području kulture niti značajne poveznice s njom. To znači da je njegova uloga u trenutnoj hrvatskoj Vladi uloga ideologa. Kao promotor isključive i nasilne ideologije i historijski revizionist, imenovan je na funkciju dubokog i odlučujućeg utjecaja na politike i prakse nacionalnog kulturnog identiteta.

Prva odluka koju je donio kao ministar kulture jasno je pokazala kakva će ideologija upravljati ministarstvom. Raspustio je Vijeće za neprofitne medije, instruirao promjene na Hrvatskoj Radioteleviziji usmjerene protiv kritičkih novinara i urednika te je stvorio pritisak na članove Agencije za elektroničke medije. OSCE je već izrazio zabrinutost o navedenim događajima, ali su se pritisci nastavili. Ovi događaji trebaju biti prepoznati kao bezrezervno neprihvatljivi u našoj Uniji kao je utemeljena na demokraciji, jednakosti, slobodi i miru. Razumijevanjem Europe kao zajednice vrijednosti i međuovisnog društva prožetog raznolikostima, moramo priznati da formalna, državna promocija isključivih, revizionističkih, korozivnih i nasilnih ideologija prijeti svima nama. Ovo se sada događa u Hrvatskoj. Stoga, trebamo snažno djelovati u svrhu ne samo zaustavljanja nasilnih trendova u Hrvatskoj, nego i zastavljanja istih koji se šire kontinentom, posebice u središnjoj i istočnoj Europi.

Zbog toga bez odstupanja potičemo sve one na pozicijama moći da učine sve što mogu da Zlatko Hasanbegović i ovaj oblik ekstremne revizionističke ideologije budu uklonjeni iz hrvatske Vlade. Ovo nije pitanje političkih pozicija već minimalne odgovornosti spram zajedničkih temeljenih europskih vrijednosti.

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Ahmed, President of the Greek Forum of Migrants (Greece); Krasimir Kanev, President of the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee (Bulgaria); Dominique Sopo, President of SOS Racisme (France); Goran Ferčec, writer (Croatia); Michel Boujenah, Comedian (France); Jacky Mamou, Former President of Doctors of the World, President of Urgence Darfour (France); Michael McEachrane, Writer, Member of Fight Racism Now (Sweden); Levent Sensever, Spokesperson at DurDe! 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