Zagreb - Croatia on Wednesday marks Parliament Day, commemorating 8 October 1991, when the first Sabor unanimously voted to sever all constitutional and legal ties with the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY).
At the time, parliament declared that Croatia no longer recognised any federal institutions as legitimate or lawful, nor any legal acts adopted in the name of the former federation, which it said no longer existed.
The decision came a day after the expiry of a three-month moratorium on Croatia's constitutional decision on sovereignty and independence adopted on 25 June 1991, and just after Yugoslav Army jets bombed the building in the centre of Zagreb where the country's leadership, headed by President Franjo Tuđman, was located.
For security reasons, the Sabor held its historic session on 8 October 1991 at the INA oil company headquarters.
Until 2020, the date was observed as Independence Day, a public and non-working holiday. Under the revised holiday calendar, it is now celebrated as Croatian Parliament Day, observed as a commemorative working day.