ZAGREB, May 7 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Prime Minister on Wednesday replied rather vaguely to a question about the alleged wiretapping of the phones of prominent residents of Zadar, friends of a runaway Hague indictee, General Ante
Gotovina.
ZAGREB, May 7 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Prime Minister on Wednesday
replied rather vaguely to a question about the alleged wiretapping
of the phones of prominent residents of Zadar, friends of a runaway
Hague indictee, General Ante Gotovina. #L#
"Everything that is done is done in line with the law. I do not know
of any illegal activities," Granic replied to Anto Djapic of the
Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) during question time in parliament.
Djapic warned that the media had been reporting for weeks about the
illegal tapping of the phones of Gotovina's friends, mostly
Croatian army officers.
The use of security methods, such as wiretapping, is regulated by
law and based on decisions by the Supreme Court or a request of an
investigating judge, Granic said.
Granic did not comment of Djapic's claim that the tapping is an
introduction into the composition of a list of persona non grata in
the EU who are helping harbour indictees of the U.N. war crimes
tribunal.
Answering a question by Anto Kovacevic of the Croatian Christian
Democratic Union (HKDU), Granic said the government would not pass
a law banning work on Sundays, but would see to it that employers'
obligations towards workers were met. Those who will not be able to
do so will have to close business, he said.
Kovacevic particularly pointed to the status of women working in
stores, but Granic said that work in stores could not be discussed
separately because many other services were open on Sundays.
(hina) lml