--- title: "NISAM DOPUSTILA DA RIJEKA DOBIJE SVOJU MORALNU POLICIJU! Ako je netko nježan il…" source: "https://facebook.com/reel/1078340351873598" platform: "Facebook" factual_accuracy: 79 overall_accuracy: 40 tags: ["political protest", "freedom of expression", "political claim", "civil resistance", "anti-totalitarianism", "anti-communism", "defense of veterans", "moral policing", "woke left"] --- # Source fact-check: NISAM DOPUSTILA DA RIJEKA DOBIJE SVOJU MORALNU POLICIJU! Ako je netko nježan il… Original post: https://facebook.com/reel/1078340351873598 Factual accuracy: 79% · Overall accuracy: 40% ## Source post **Target post by @petra.mandic.16** > NISAM DOPUSTILA DA RIJEKA DOBIJE SVOJU MORALNU POLICIJU! > > Ako je netko nježan ili promišljen, to ne znači da nije hrabar. A ja sam za naše branitelje i našu državu spremna, ako treba, primiti metak i od lažne desnice pod upraviteljstvom HDZ-a i od woke ljevice koja bi vrlo rado naše gradske službe pretvorila u moralnu policiju. > > I pokušali su to napraviti. A ja sam ih spriječila! > > Lijeva oporba, Možemo! i SDP, tražila je da gradske službe mogu raskidati ugovore, uklanjati objekte i kažnjavati korisnike javnih površina, uz posljedice za njihovo buduće korištenje. Takav bi prijedlog otvorio prostor da netko zbog naljepnice HOS-a na štandu godinama ne može dobiti javnu površinu ili da gradski službenik zastavu koju su hrvatski branitelji nosili u riječkom mimohodu samostalno proglasi fašističkim simbolom. > > To nisam dopustila. Dok je lažna desnica šutjela, ja sam se tome suprotstavila. > > Pripadnici HOS-a nisu fašisti. Oni su hrvatski branitelji koji su sudjelovali u obrani naše države i osiguravanju slobode koju danas uživamo. I branit ću njihova prava kao što sam ih uvijek branila, do kraja. > > O zakonitosti pojedinog postupanja ne može odlučivati politička podobnost građanina niti osobno uvjerenje gradskog službenika. Postoje Ustav, zakoni i sudovi koji osiguravaju pravnu zaštitu, a sudska praksa zahtijeva da se uzmu u obzir konkretne okolnosti svakog slučaja. Ne može se sve hrvatske branitelje i pripadnike HOS-a automatski proglašavati neofašistima. > > Zato sam podržala izmijenjenu Odluku u koju je prihvaćen amandman gradonačelnice, a ne prijedlog lijeve oporbe. Gradonačelničino rješenje nije ono koje bih sama napisala, ali nisam ga više imala formalnu mogućnost mijenjati jer su rokovi za podnošenje amandmana istekli. > > Bila sam pred izborom između dva rješenja. Jednog koje uvodi posebne sankcije i otvara prostor za dodatno administrativno kažnjavanje građana i drugog koje se poziva na poštovanje Ustava i zakona, bez takvih novih posebnih sankcija. Izabrala sam drugo. > > To je bilo manje zlo i za tu sam odluku spremna preuzeti punu političku odgovornost. > > Neću dopustiti da mi bilo tko, ni lažna desnica ni woke ljevica, imputira da sam učinila nešto drugo. > > Ali ja u politici razmišljam i tri koraka unaprijed. > > Zato sam već danas pisanim putem obavijestila gradonačelnicu da ću na sljedećoj sjednici Gradskog vijeća predložiti Deklaraciju kojom ćemo osuditi apsolutno sve totalitarne režime i zločine počinjene u njihovo ime. Komunističke, nacističke, fašističke i sve druge totalitarne režime, bez iznimke i bez biranja žrtava prema ideološkoj pripadnosti njihovih progonitelja. > > Ako smo doista otvoren, demokratski i europski grad, onda ne možemo osuđivati samo one totalitarizme koji nam politički odgovaraju, a o drugima šutjeti. > > Hrvatski sabor još je 2006. godine osudio zločine totalitarnoga komunističkog poretka, a odbacivanje komunističkog sustava izričito je navedeno i u Izvorišnim osnovama našeg Ustava. > > Demokracija, Ustav, suverena Republika Hrvatska i dostojanstvo Domovinskog rata ne brane se tako da zauzimamo samo jednu ideološku stranu. Brane se dosljednim poštovanjem ustavnih vrednota, slobode, ljudskog dostojanstva i jednakih prava svih građana. > > Tako sam ih branila jučer. Tako ću ih braniti i sutra. I neću se povući ni pred lažnom desnicom ni pred woke ljevicom. > > Od srca, Vaša Petra > [attached video 0](https://video-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/o1/v/t2/f2/m366/AQPGgsaueX4ztoyLf1Gtz4fAkJm6arGm3Rv9_j8I_Fb4Jl4Sof31vMCysUv_s1SQ15VjBdxbdqdHe3DqjZwbECYRmi7S9nyHPA_SA7jA5oJmaA.mp4?_nc_cat=110&_nc_sid=5e9851&_nc_ht=video-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net&_nc_ohc=Qhc4Zs76fWsQ7kNvwFfp61g&efg=eyJ2ZW5jb2RlX3RhZyI6Inhwdl9wcm9ncmVzc2l2ZS5GQUNFQk9PSy4uQzMuNzIwLmRhc2hfaDI2NC1iYXNpYy1nZW4yXzcyMHAiLCJ4cHZfYXNzZXRfaWQiOjE1OTQwOTYzNjIzOTk0NDYsImFzc2V0X2FnZV9kYXlzIjo2LCJ2aV91c2VjYXNlX2lkIjoxMDEyMywiZHVyYXRpb25fcyI6MTI4LCJ1cmxnZW5fc291cmNlIjoid3d3In0%3D&ccb=17-1&vs=e171456037406501&_nc_vs=HBksFQIYRWZiX2VwaGVtZXJhbC8xNDVBRTg2NkMxNDE0RDYzQjg1NDlFMTAxMzY2MUFGOF9tdF8xX3ZpZGVvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUAAsgBEgAVAhhAZmJfcGVybWFuZW50LzAxMjY3NEZDRjA1RjQ5NjU5Q0YyQjNGNzdFODU3QjY3X2F1ZGlvX2Rhc2hpbml0Lm1wNBUCAsgBEgAoABgAGwKIB3VzZV9vaWwBMRJwcm9ncmVzc2l2ZV9yZWNpcGUBMRUAACasm9m2z_TUBRUCKAJDMywXQGAczMzMzM0YGWRhc2hfaDI2NC1iYXNpYy1nZW4yXzcyMHARAHUCZZaeAQA&_nc_gid=3Xd9AsjdtYJFBRXFS3wyVw&_nc_ss=78180&_nc_zt=28&oh=00_AQSuCoJ5wwcPkeOpqjclCMPncntdC5YnITcR6jDsGR0CUg&oe=6AF35566&bitrate=1700851&tag=dash_h264-basic-gen2_720p) > > Video transcript: Ako je netko nježan ili promišljen, ne znači da nije hrabr. A ja ću, ako treba, u hrabrosti za naše branitelji i našu državu, popit metak i od lažne desnice pod upraviteljstvom HDZ-a i od volk ljevice koja bi vrlo rado nametnula da naše gradske službe i pokušali su to napraviti, ja sam to spriječila, da naše gradske službe kažnjavaju sve hosovce kao da su oni ne fašisti, a oni nisu fašisti, oni su naši branitelji koji su nam osigurali slobodu. I branićemo ih do zadnje kao što sam ih i uvijek branila. I ja sam spriječila, cijela ova lažna desnica je šutila, to da gradski službenici brane po tri godine da neko dobije štandirne, na primjer ima naljepnicu HOS-a, da proglašava zastave u mimohodu riječkom, fašističkim zastavama. Ja sam to spriječila. O tome može odlučivati isključivo po Ustavu Republike Hrvatske. sudstvo i jedino oni mogu odrediti a oni odre okolnosti slu i redovito osloba na branitelje I ne dopustiti da itko imputira da se dogodilo ne drugo To što rješenje koje je predložila gradonačelnica, ja formalno nisam imala mogućnosti ga mijenjati. Nije onako kako bi ja predložila. To je manje zlo za koje sam spremna popit metak. Ali isto tako dijelujemo tri koraka u naprijed. Pa sam već danas predložila gradonačelniti da zajedno, ako smo već tako širok grad, donesemo rezoluciju na gradskom vijeću kojom ćemo osuditi apsolutno sve totalitarne režime i sve žrtve tih režima. i komunističke, i nacističke, i fašističke, i sve ostale totalitarne. Jer demokracija i ustav i naša suverena Republika Hrvatska i dignitet domovinskog vrata ne brane se time da zauzimate samo jednu stranu. Brane se time da se držite upravo tih vrijednosti i odbacivanja u konačnici komunizma koje u našim izvorišnjim osnovama tako se brani i tako ćemo dalje raditi. ## Post analysis Verdict: 40% · Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · Checked on: 06/11/2026 **Reasoning** - The post's headline and central claim — "I stopped them" from turning city services into a "moral police" — is contradicted by the record: it was Mayor Iva Rinčić who rejected the opposition amendment as legally insufficient/too narrow, the opposition then withdrew its proposal, and the final text passed unanimously. Mandić opposed the opposition's sanctions and backed the mayor's text, but she did not procedurally block anything[^1]. This is the load-bearing claim of the entire post. - The description of what the opposition proposed is broadly accurate — Možemo\!, SDP (and PGS-IDS-RI) sought the power to terminate public-space contracts and remove objects[^2] — but it is framed misleadingly as a general "moral police" scheme rather than enforcement attached specifically to a ban on fascist/Ustaša symbols, and the specific "three years" exclusion is unverified[^3]. - Several UNKNOWN items are not minor: whether she backed the amended Decision with the mayor's amendment[^4] (though reporting reportedly confirms she did), the claim that expired amendment deadlines prevented her from changing it[^5], and the claimed written notice to the mayor about a Declaration condemning all totalitarianisms — no public trace of the letter or such an agenda item[^6]. - The two checkable side facts are solid: the Croatian Parliament did adopt the 2006 declaration condemning totalitarian communist crimes[^7], and rejection of the communist system is explicit in the Constitution's Founding Principles[^8]. - Framing matters here: the post invites readers to believe a dramatic defeat of a "woke left" plan to punish HOS veterans, when the outcome was a unanimous compromise initiated by the mayor, and the alleged "letter/Declaration" exists only in the post. Its true supporting facts are used as ballast for a self-serving narrative about an act that did not happen as described. **Overall validity**: 40% [^1]: [Petra Mandić, a member of the Rijeka City Council, blocked the left opposition's (Možemo\! and SDP) proposal regarding public space regulations in the Rijeka City Council.](#b76a1731-deb7-40a0-bb42-0623cbbe14a2) [^2]: [In the Rijeka City Council, the left opposition parties Možemo\! and SDP proposed that city services could terminate contracts, remove objects, and penalize users of public spaces, with consequences for their future use.](#9354a775-e4f7-4420-8ed6-81030de877ce) [^3]: [The left opposition's proposed regulation in the Rijeka City Council would allow city officials to prevent someone from obtaining a public space stand for up to three years.](#16651a2c-eec3-4edc-b8af-8bb715c1e13a) [^4]: [Petra Mandić supported the amended Decision in the Rijeka City Council in which the mayor's amendment was accepted, rather than the left opposition's proposal regarding public space regulations.](#cd3224d4-d25d-4492-9e01-089267bfb324) [^5]: [The deadlines for submitting amendments to the mayor's amendment in the Rijeka City Council had expired, preventing Petra Mandić from formally changing it.](#390a7828-6e14-4390-ab38-bdf178feb69e) [^6]: [On October 30, 2026, Petra Mandić informed the mayor of Rijeka in writing that she would propose a Declaration at the next Rijeka City Council meeting condemning all totalitarian regimes and crimes committed in their name.](#92a168ce-0546-4932-9761-fc306db1aca1) [^7]: [The Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski sabor) condemned the crimes of the totalitarian communist regime in 2006.](#9f2c8f94-9aa8-4749-9da3-5ed4ad3367bd) [^8]: [The rejection of the communist system is explicitly stated in the Founding Principles (Izvorišne osnove) of the Croatian Constitution.](#140ddce5-17c3-4a8f-b726-3a1bc086cc35) ## Claims found (8) ### 1. Petra Mandić, a member of the Rijeka City Council, blocked the left opposition's (Možemo! and SDP) proposal regarding public space regulations in the Rijeka City Council. — 20% Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · Checked on: 06/11/2026 · Detail: /claim/b76a1731-deb7-40a0-bb42-0623cbbe14a2 - Petra Mandić is indeed a Rijeka City Council member for Most[^1][^2]. - There was a left-opposition amendment by Možemo\!, SDP and PGS-IDS-RI concerning a ban on the “Za dom spremni” salute on temporary objects/public surfaces, with possible contract termination and removal of objects[^1][^3]. - However, the record says **Mayor Iva Rinčić rejected that amendment** as legally insufficient and too narrow, then offered her own broader amendment; the opposition withdrew its proposal and the final text passed unanimously[^3][^1]. - Mandić opposed the opposition’s proposed sanctions and voted for the mayor’s alternative, but she did not procedurally block the proposal — the mayor did. Her claim “I stopped them” is her own political framing, not the recorded sequence of events[^1]. - The measure was also a specific ban on fascist symbols on city property, not a general “public space regulation”[^1][^3]. **Overall validity**: 20% [^1]: [Petra Mandić: Glasala za zabranu ZDS-a, pa se pravdala pred muralom](https://www.rijekadanas.com/petra-mandic-pred-hos-muralom-objasnjava-zasto-je-glasala-za-zabranu-zds-a/) [^2]: [Petra Mandić: Treba nam manje pravilnika i Vlada koja poštuje vlastite zakone - Novi list](https://www.novilist.hr/rijeka-regija/rijeka/petra-mandic-treba-nam-manje-pravilnika-i-vlada-koja-postuje-vlastite-zakone/) [^3]: [Riječka zabrana ZDS-a razbjesnila desnicu: Na udaru Iva Rinčić, ali i Mostova Petra Mandić\! | Rijeka Danas](https://www.rijekadanas.com/rijecka-zabrana-zds-a-razbjesnila-desnicu-na-udaru-iva-rincic-ali-i-mostova-petra-mandic/) ### 2. In the Rijeka City Council, the left opposition parties Možemo! and SDP proposed that city services could terminate contracts, remove objects, and penalize users of public spaces, with consequences for their future use. — 92% Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · Checked on: 06/11/2026 · Detail: /claim/9354a775-e4f7-4420-8ed6-81030de877ce - On 29 October 2026 the Rijeka City Council debated changes to the decision governing temporary objects and other equipment on public spaces.[^1] - The opposition clubs Možemo\!, SDP and PGS-IDS-RI jointly submitted an amendment banning fascist/Ustaša symbols and slogans on temporary objects placed on public areas.[^2] - That amendment expressly proposed the possibility of **terminating the public-space use contract and removing the temporary object** if the ban was breached.[^2] - Mayor Iva Rinčić opposed it, warning that communal wardens would be put in the position of establishing violations and deciding on sanctions, and that this could lead to legal disputes; her narrower alternative was then adopted unanimously.[^2] - The claim is therefore substantially accurate, though it omits PGS-IDS-RI and the fact that the enforcement powers were tied to a hate-symbol ban rather than a general public-space enforcement scheme.[^2] **Overall validity**: 92% [^1]: [Rijeka zabranila „Za dom spremni“: Što je s Molo longom?](https://www.rijekadanas.com/rijeka-zabranila-za-dom-spremni-ali-sto-je-s-molo-longom-za-plenkoviceve-dvostruke-konotacije-ostao-je-lucki-pojas/) [^2]: [Rinčić predložila vlastitu zabranu „Za dom spremni“, SDP joj čestitao na povratku antifašizmu\! Za glasala i mostovka\! | Rijeka Danas](https://www.rijekadanas.com/rincic-predlozila-vlastitu-zabranu-za-dom-spremni-sdp-joj-cestitao-na-povratku-antifasizmu-za-glasala-i-mostovka/) ### 3. The left opposition's proposed regulation in the Rijeka City Council would allow city officials to prevent someone from obtaining a public space stand for up to three years. — 85% Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · Checked on: 06/11/2026 · Detail: /claim/16651a2c-eec3-4edc-b8af-8bb715c1e13a - The verified record confirms the core of the claim: at the Rijeka City Council session on 29 October 2026, the left opposition (Možemo\!, SDP plus PGS-IDS-RI) submitted an amendment concerning temporary objects on public spaces that expressly allowed **termination of the public-space use contract and removal of the object**, i.e. consequences for a user's future use of public space[^1]. - A closely matching verified claim is rated 92% valid on exactly this point — that the opposition proposed city services could terminate contracts, remove objects and penalise public-space users "with consequences for their future use"[^1]. - Important caveat: the powers were attached to a **ban on fascist/Ustaša symbols** on temporary objects, not a general public-space enforcement scheme, and the claim omits PGS-IDS-RI — so presenting it as a broad "regulation" that lets officials bar someone from a stand is a somewhat misleading framing[^1]. - The specific detail "for **up to three years**" is not corroborated in the verified record or in the searches I ran; the record speaks only of contract termination, removal and "consequences for future use," without confirming a three-year bar. - Context: Mayor Iva Rinčić rejected the opposition amendment as too narrow/legally problematic and pushed a narrower alternative, which passed unanimously — relevant background even though this particular claim concerns the proposal itself, not who blocked it[^1]. In short, the substance (officials could terminate a contract and affect future use of public space, effectively barring someone from a stand) is largely accurate, but the framing as a general regulation and the unverified "three-year" element reduce its accuracy. **Overall validity**: 85% [^1]: [In the Rijeka City Council, the left opposition parties Možemo\! and SDP proposed that city services could terminate contracts, remove objects, and penalize users of public spaces, with consequences for their future use.](#9354a775-e4f7-4420-8ed6-81030de877ce) ### 4. Petra Mandić supported the amended Decision in the Rijeka City Council in which the mayor's amendment was accepted, rather than the left opposition's proposal regarding public space regulations. — Unknown Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · Checked on: 06/11/2026 · Detail: /claim/cd3224d4-d25d-4492-9e01-089267bfb324 - The named individual is real: Petra Mandić is a Most (Bridge) party councillor in the Rijeka City Council[^1][^2], and Rijeka's current mayor is Iva Rinčić[^1][^3]. - However, no source — in the verified-claims database, fact-check archives, or web searches of Rijeka City Council reporting — describes a vote on an amended Decision on public-space regulations in which a mayoral amendment was accepted instead of a left-opposition proposal, nor records how Mandić voted on such an item. - The closest available council reports concern unrelated agenda items: a September 2026 session where Mandić commented on statutes of city institutions[^3], and a November 2026 session adopting changes to the decision on kiosk/mobile-stand locations and public-manifestation sites, passed 16–0 with four abstentions and with no record of Mandić's vote or a mayoral amendment displacing an opposition proposal[^4]. - With no corroborating record of the specific motion, the amendment outcome, or Mandić's vote, the claim's central factual elements cannot be confirmed or refuted. **Overall validity**: Unknown [^1]: [Bridge party says Rijeka mayor has lost its unconditional support · HINA.hr](https://hina.hr/news/12252107) [^2]: [Mayor confident majority in Rijeka city council stable · HINA.hr](https://www.hina.hr/news/12254165) [^3]: [Gradsko vijeće o radu gradske uprave, proračunu i nizu gradskih odluka – Grad Rijeka](https://www.rijeka.hr/gradsko-vijece-o-radu-gradske-uprave-proracunu-i-nizu-gradskih-odluka/) [^4]: [Gradsko vijeće raspravljalo o poslovanju gradskih tvrtki i proširilo lokacije za javne manifestacije – Grad Rijeka](https://www.rijeka.hr/gradsko-vijece-raspravljalo-o-poslovanju-gradskih-tvrtki-i-prosirilo-lokacije-za-javne-manifestacije/) ### 5. The deadlines for submitting amendments to the mayor's amendment in the Rijeka City Council had expired, preventing Petra Mandić from formally changing it. — Unknown Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · Checked on: 06/11/2026 · Detail: /claim/390a7828-6e14-4390-ab38-bdf178feb69e **Findings** - Petra Mandić is a real Rijeka city councillor (Most/Bridge), and the underlying council episode is documented: at the session on the draft Decision on use of public areas for temporary objects and advertising, Mayor Iva Rinčić submitted her own amendment from the floor, which was accepted unanimously[^1]. - Reporting confirms Mandić supported the mayor's amendment and explained why she did not try to change it in the other direction (she said she wanted to block a "Zagreb scenario" giving city staff power to ban HOS murals/concerts), and that she announced she would instead table a separate Declaration on totalitarianisms at the next session[^1]. - However, nothing in the reporting says the deadline for submitting amendments had expired, or that an expired deadline is what prevented Mandić from formally amending the mayor's amendment. No fact-check of this procedural point exists, and the closest reviewed claim about this same vote (that Mandić backed the amended Decision with the mayor's amendment) is itself recorded as unverified[^2]. - Without any source establishing the state of the amendment deadlines or the causal link to Mandić's inability to amend, the claim cannot be confirmed or refuted; it is a procedural detail that appears in no accessible record. **Overall validity**: Unknown [^1]: [Ustaška obilježja potjerana s riječkih ulica i štandova. Amandman gradonačelnice podržala i vijećnica Mosta - Novi list](https://www.novilist.hr/rijeka-regija/rijeka/politicki-konsenzus-ustaska-obiljezja-potjerana-s-rijeckih-ulica-i-standova/) [^2]: [Petra Mandić supported the amended Decision in the Rijeka City Council in which the mayor's amendment was accepted, rather than the left opposition's proposal regarding public space regulations.](#cd3224d4-d25d-4492-9e01-089267bfb324) ### 6. On October 30, 2026, Petra Mandić informed the mayor of Rijeka in writing that she would propose a Declaration at the next Rijeka City Council meeting condemning all totalitarian regimes and crimes committed in their name. — Unknown Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · Checked on: 06/11/2026 · Detail: /claim/92a168ce-0546-4932-9761-fc306db1aca1 - Petra Mandić is a real Rijeka City Council member for Most, and Iva Rinčić is Rijeka’s mayor[^1][^2]. - No verified-claims entry or professional fact-check addresses the alleged 30 October 2026 written notice or the proposed declaration. - Searches of Croatian and English news coverage, including HINA items, found no report that Mandić sent such a letter or announced such a declaration. - The council’s next scheduled sitting was a continuation on 5 November 2026[^3]; no declaration of this kind appears in the published agenda. - Because the claim centres on a private written communication with no public trace, and no available source confirms or directly refutes it, a defensible percentage cannot be assigned. **Overall validity**: Unknown [^1]: [New mayor-elect: I am glad people of Rijeka did not succumb to fear or manipulation · HINA.hr](https://hina.hr/news/11971288) [^2]: [Petra Mandić, a member of the Rijeka City Council, blocked the left opposition's (Možemo\! and SDP) proposal regarding public space regulations in the Rijeka City Council.](#b76a1731-deb7-40a0-bb42-0623cbbe14a2) [^3]: [Sjednice Gradskog vijeća – Grad Rijeka](https://www.rijeka.hr/gradska-uprava/gradsko-vijece/sjednice-gradskog-vijeca/) ### 7. The Croatian Parliament (Hrvatski sabor) condemned the crimes of the totalitarian communist regime in 2006. — 100% Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · Checked on: 06/11/2026 · Detail: /claim/9f2c8f94-9aa8-4749-9da3-5ed4ad3367bd - Croatia’s Parliament adopted the **Declaration on the Condemnation of Crimes Committed during the Totalitarian Communist Regime in Croatia, 1945–1990** on **30 June 2006**[^1]. - A Croatian Parliament committee report explicitly records the adoption date and title of the declaration[^1]. - An independent church-affiliated source also states that the Croatian Parliament adopted the declaration on **30 June 2006**[^2]. **Overall validity**: 100% [^1]: [Izvješće Odbora za ratne veterane o Prijedlogu zakona o pronalaženju, obilježavanju i održavanju grobova žrtava komunističkih zločina nakon Drugog svjetskog rata, P.Z. br. 396 | Hrvatski sabor](https://www.sabor.hr/hr/radna-tijela/odbori-i-povjerenstva/izvjesce-odbora-za-ratne-veterane-o-prijedlogu-zakona-o-4) [^2]: [On the Right to a Grave and the Duties of Piety – IKA](https://ika.hkm.hr/english/on-the-right-to-a-grave-and-the-duties-of-piety/) ### 8. The rejection of the communist system is explicitly stated in the Founding Principles (Izvorišne osnove) of the Croatian Constitution. — 100% Model: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 · Checked on: 06/11/2026 · Detail: /claim/140ddce5-17c3-4a8f-b726-3a1bc086cc35 - The Founding Principles (“Izvorišne osnove”) of the Croatian Constitution contain the phrase **“Na povijesnoj prekretnici odbacivanja komunističkoga sustava…”** — “At the historic turning point of the rejection of the communist system…”[^1][^2] - This is explicit wording, not merely an inference from the Constitution’s democratic provisions. - Croatian constitutional scholarship treats the Founding Principles as an integral, binding part of the constitutional text[^3]. - Minor nuance: the phrase describes the 1990 transition as the point of rejection of the communist system, rather than forming a separate operative article. **Overall validity**: 100% [^1]: [NN 8/1998 (26.1.1998.), Ustav Republike Hrvatske (pročišćeni tekst) - Zakon.hr](https://www.zakon.hr/cms.htm?id=32431) [^2]: [NN 8/1998 (26.1.1998.), Ustav Republike Hrvatske (pročišćeni tekst) - Zakon.hr](https://zakon.hr/c/zakon/32431/nn-8-1998-\(26.1.1998.\),-ustav-republike-hrvatske-\(procisceni-tekst\)) [^3]: [On the preamble (basics) of the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia](https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/clanak/384867)