Croatia urgently needs lustration, judging by the votes of readers in the recently concluded round of the Fight Club where Bruna Esih, president of the Croatian Cross Road Association, and Davor Gjenero, political scientist and independent political consultant, presented their arguments.
Esih garnered an overwhelming majority of votes with her claims that lustration is essential for ending societal conflict and that it is necessary to confront the past for a better future.
– I would emphasize that lustration is not some ‘bogeyman’, although various connotations are associated with it. Therefore, no one says that individuals from the former system should be ostracized; they can freely pursue their work, but they should not hold positions related to power – Esih believes, while Gjenero, on the other hand, states that it no longer makes sense to discuss punishing people from the past regime, but that something could perhaps be done regarding access to documents and archives that have been opened here under the protection of perpetrators, not victims.
The entire situation may be best summarized by a comment from one of the readers who wonders who should carry out this infamous lustration? We wonder too, and until we get an answer, if we ever do, we also asked you in the new Fight Club – should hospital doctors be allowed to work in private practices? You can cast your votes and comments on this topic HERE.
