ZAGREB, April 26 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Friday adopted a bill on the ratification of a Croatian-Slovene agreement on the Krsko nuclear power plant and a decision on the dynamics of privatisation of the oil company
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ZAGREB, April 26 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Friday adopted
a bill on the ratification of a Croatian-Slovene agreement on the
Krsko nuclear power plant and a decision on the dynamics of
privatisation of the oil company INA. #L#
Deputies of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) protested against
the fact that debates on the Krsko agreement and the decision on the
approval of the privatisation of INA, which were held late last
night, were not broadcast on TV. The debates on the two very
important topics, which involve billions of dollars and concern all
citizens, were wrapped up in such a way which makes one believe they
are being kept secret from the public, Vladimir Seks of the HDZ
said.
Despite the fact that only some twenty out of 151 deputies attended
last night's sitting, Mato Arlovic of the Social Democrats, who
chaired the session, decided that the session should go on, Seks
said.
Opposition deputies from the HDZ, Croatian Party of Rights (HSP)
and the Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS), as well as those from the
ruling coalition's Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) and the Social
Liberal Party (HSLS) have said that the agreement on the Krsko power
plant is contrary to the interests of Croatian citizens and that
Croatia does not need it.
The HSP and the Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU) said
that the dismantling of the plant would cost Croatia at least half a
billion dollars, while HDZ deputies claimed that it was almost one
fourth of the price of the Zagreb-Split highway.
The decision on the dynamics of the privatisation of INA was
approved by all party benches of the ruling coalition, while the HDZ
and HSP/HKDU deputies were against.
Presenting the decision, Assistant Economy Minister Dusko Zuric
said that the sale of INA's 25 percent plus one share to a strategic
investor would start within a period of seven days from the
decision's going into force. Another 15 percent of shares will be
offered in a public tender within six months after the sale of the
first package of shares, while seven percent of shares will be
offered to current and former employees in a public tender within 30
days from the sale of the first package.
Another seven percent of shares will be given free of charge to war
veterans and their families within a period of eight days from the
establishment of a fund to be established in line with a separate
law, he said.
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