TRAVEL REPORT The Hon. Michael Atkinson MP Attorney-General ...

The Mayor felt that everyone had to accept responsibility to assist thecommunity in coming to terms with the atrocities committed - the Church, themedia, the Government and the schools She personally believes that theChurch should not take an organisational role in the affairs of the State eventhough in this early period the Church does have an important role to play butdoes not always succeed .She did not think it to be good idea for religion to be taught in schools, thatTheology is a matter of personal choice and pointed out that the decision toteach religion in schools was made by the republic, not the Municipality .The question of the Radicals was raised - how they fared politically and howthey will fare at the next election . The Mayor told the delegation that there wasonly one radical candidate, Mr Seselj, who is now in The Hague facing trial forWar Crimes . There is an expectation that there will be more elected at thiselection because the voting system has changed, and they are now strongerthan they were four years ago . The Diaspora is allowed to vote, however, onlya few thousand from around the world vote take the opportunity .Travel Report, Hon. Michael Atkinson, M.P. and Ms. Vini Ciccarello MP ., August, 2004 10 3