Parliament is also expected to adopt a contract under which Croatia is to withdraw about EUR25 million in non-repayable funds from the SAPARD programme for agriculture, Seks said on Croatian Radio.
Asked when some of the opposition's bills would be on the agenda, including amendments to the law on road traffic safety and the provision on zero alcohol tolerance for drivers, Seks said the bill of amendments would be discussed once the government stated its position on it. He added that the parliamentary majority decided about the pace of the legislative procedure.
Seks said it was impossible to avoid electoral promotion in parliament in election year, but voiced hope that this would not block or slow down the adoption of laws or by-laws relevant to the adjustment of national legislation to European Union standards. He also voiced confidence that reforms would not be slowed down in election year.
Commenting on the expensive wristwatches which the prime minister did not report in his declaration of assets, Seks said this was a scandal caused by an opposition short of ideas and good programmes.
Asked if he had 50,000 euros in savings, as recently stated by the spokesman for the government and the ruling Croatian Democratic Union, Seks said the point of that statement was that politicians should be well-off so that they would not enter politics in order to settle their financial problems.
Speaking of the work of the Conflict of Interest Commission and the legal framework for its work, Seks said that debates had been held and there were doubts in Europe too as to which moveables should be declared. He said there was a loophole in the law regarding this and that there was a tacit agreement that one should personally estimate what to declare, which prompted the government to ask the Commission for an interpretation.
Croatia is applying European standards and if it is established that someone is in conflict of interest, this should be addressed, he said, adding there should also be fines against those who failed to publicly say if it was established they were in conflict of interest.
Asked about a possible coalition between the Peasant Party (HSS) and the Social Liberals (HSLS), Seks said they had the democratic right to cooperate but that it was too early to conclude that they had formed coalition.