Independence Day of Croatia
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According to the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, the decision taken at the referendum was binding on all state bodies, so the Croatian Parliament on 25 June 1991 adopted two important resolutions: the Declaration on the Proclamation of the Sovereignty and Independence of the Republic of Croatia and the Constitutional Decree on the Sovereignty and Independence of the Republic of Croatia.
However, a three-month moratorium was imposed on the implementation of these decisions on 8 July 1991 through the mediation of the European Community Mission. But in view of the hostilities between Croatia and Serbia, including the missile attacks on the presidential residence in Zagreb, immediately after the expiration of the moratorium on October 8, 1991, the parliament at a secret session adopted a resolution on the severance of all state-legal ties on the basis of which Croatia, along with other republics and territories, existed within the framework of the SFRY.
October 8, 1991 is celebrated in Croatia as Independence Day.