ZAGREB, Feb 26 (Hina) - The government has established a Council for National Security which, at its last session, discussed possible implications of the Iraqi crisis on Croatia, Prime Minister Ivica Racan said during question time in
parliament on Wednesday.
ZAGREB, Feb 26 (Hina) - The government has established a Council for
National Security which, at its last session, discussed possible
implications of the Iraqi crisis on Croatia, Prime Minister Ivica
Racan said during question time in parliament on Wednesday. #L#
Asked by Democratic Centre's Vesna Skare Ozbolt about how Croatia
was preparing for the imminent war in Iraq, Racan said that the
government had in the past week analysed various consequences which
could strike Croatia in the case of the war.
Social Democratic Party's Branislav Tusek asked when the final bill
on one-time property tax would be forwarded into parliamentary
procedure. The law should partly sanction perpetrators of illegal
acts in the privatisation process.
Vice-Premier Slavko Linic said the government was expecting in the
coming seven days an analysis of court files about illegal
activities and information from competent ministries on internal
control, as well as the final proposal by the Finance Ministry,
after which the bill would be sent into parliament next month.
Croatian Bloc's Krunoslav Gasparic asked why the government did not
submit requested documents to the attorneys of General Ante
Gotovina and thus ignored a court decision, Vice-Premier Goran
Granic said that the court decision had been revoked and the
government had nothing to act upon.
"The government is searching for General Gotovina for its own legal
system, not for internationally assumed obligations," he said.
MP of the Social Liberals (HSLS) Zeljko Glavan wanted to know
whether the Croatian power industry's (HEP) leadership had this
month forwarded a request to the government to review its stand on
the ratification of an agreement with Slovenia on the Krsko nuclear
power plant. Economy Minister Ljubo Jurcic replied that his
ministry did not want to send the proposal to the government before
the agreement was ratified by the Slovene parliament.
Independent MP Ivo Loncar voiced dissatisfaction with the
government's agricultural policy and excess import of food.
Agriculture Minister Bozidar Pankretic said that agricultural
reform was aimed at responding to globalisation and making domestic
agriculture competitive.
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