The referendum initiative "Let's protect the Croatian kuna" today started collecting signatures on Ban Jelasic Square in Zagreb to call a referendum, which, as they say, they want to enable the Croatian people to decide on their own currency.

Signatures will be collected at more than 250 locations throughout Croatia, and citizens will declare whether they want the Constitution to contain a provision stating that the currency of the Republic of Croatia is the kuna, which is divided into one hundred pounds and that the decision to change the currency unit in Croatia, voters take it to a referendum, Hina reported.

- We presented this issue a month ago, and in those days no legal or constitutional expert criticized it. We have been preparing for a long time and we believe that it has been done concretely and well and is not contrary to the international agreements that Croatia has signed with the European Union, said Marko Milanovic Litre, chairman of the organizing committee and member of the Croatian Sovereign Assembly.

He expects that the Constitutional Court will have to confirm the issue when it has collected a sufficient number of signatures.

- At this moment, an attempt is being made to forcibly introduce the euro, without examining the public opinion of the citizens and we want to change that, said Milanovic Litre.

The Ministry of Justice and Administration announced earlier today that 368.867 signatures should be collected in order to call a referendum "Let's protect the Croatian kuna".

Source: MIA