ZAGREB, March 30 (Hina) - The archives of the Office for National Security (UNS) were transferred to the Croatian State Archives, where police sealed them, on Saturday, ahead of the enforcement of a new law on security services on
April 1.
ZAGREB, March 30 (Hina) - The archives of the Office for National
Security (UNS) were transferred to the Croatian State Archives,
where police sealed them, on Saturday, ahead of the enforcement of a
new law on security services on April 1. #L#
Tomislav Karamarko, the UNS head who has tendered a resignation,
told state television he had signed an agreement with the State
Archives, which will store the UNS material until parliament's
Committee on National Security and Internal Affairs decides who
will take the material over and when.
According to the evening newscast, Karamarko signed the agreement
as the body to replace the UNS under the new law has not been
established yet and he did not want to endanger the material's
security or make it available to the media.
It is unclear, however, why the police sealed the UNS archives,
Karamarko said.
Interior Ministry spokeswoman Zinka Bardic explained that nobody
in authority had been informed or agreed about the transfer. This is
contrary to several laws and the police put the documentation under
control until all circumstances have been established and the new
law goes into effect, she said.
The chairwoman of the Committee on National Security and Internal
Affairs, Djurdja Adlesic, told the newscast she had been informed
about the transfer by Karamarko over the phone on Friday afternoon.
He did not say who had decided on the transfer, when and under which
laws, she added.
According to the presidential adviser on national security, Zeljko
Bagic, the agreement Karamarko signed is not legally valid.
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