ZAGREB, Feb 27 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Wednesday adopted amendments to the Law on the Pension Insurance for active military and authorised personnel, which should facilitate the process of decreasing the number of armed
forces personnel. The amendments will make it possible for the defence minister to retire 10,500 active military personnel in the next ten years. The minister will also be able to retire personnel with 20 years of service for whom it is established have no possibility of professional growth. With the amendments was passed a provision on the progressive decrease of military pensions from eight to 20 percent. The parliament also adopted draft amendments to the Law on Harbours, the Law on Service in the Armed Forces, and the Law on the Production, Overhaul and Trade of Military Equipment. Added to the session's agenda was the Law on Secret Services and, despite the Opposition
ZAGREB, Feb 27 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Wednesday
adopted amendments to the Law on the Pension Insurance for active
military and authorised personnel, which should facilitate the
process of decreasing the number of armed forces personnel.
The amendments will make it possible for the defence minister to
retire 10,500 active military personnel in the next ten years.
The minister will also be able to retire personnel with 20 years of
service for whom it is established have no possibility of
professional growth.
With the amendments was passed a provision on the progressive
decrease of military pensions from eight to 20 percent.
The parliament also adopted draft amendments to the Law on
Harbours, the Law on Service in the Armed Forces, and the Law on the
Production, Overhaul and Trade of Military Equipment.
Added to the session's agenda was the Law on Secret Services and,
despite the Opposition's opposing, draft laws on the privatisation
of the Ina oil company and HEP electric industry.
The Opposition believes that the privatisation of the two largest
state-owned companies was too much of an important subject to be
discussed in haste. Damir Kajin of the Istrian Democratic Assembly
warned that Ina and HEP jointly employed 40,000 people, and their
privatisation would imminently lead to their dismissals.
Vladimir Seks of the Croatian Democratic Union warned that it was
the government' s obligation to seek consent from social partners
in the privatisation of the two companies.
Dragica Zgrebec (Social democratic Party) replied stressing that
the economic and Social Council had already discussed the
privatisation, and the parliament's Economy Committee informed
about the conclusions.
(hina) lml