ZAGREB, Oct 10 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Thursday discussed changes to the Law on the Rights of War Veterans and Their Families, which the government has advised the parliament to turn down.
ZAGREB, Oct 10 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament on Thursday
discussed changes to the Law on the Rights of War Veterans and Their
Families, which the government has advised the parliament to turn
down. #L#
The changes were proposed by the Social Liberals (HSLS), on whose
behalf they were presented by Djurdja Adlesic. She said that the
bill was aimed at giving 100% disabled war veterans the right to
medical care and assistance allowances regardless of whether or not
they were cared for or assisted by other persons.
"If the bill is adopted, invalids will be receiving 8,598 kuna
instead of the 6,326 kuna they are receiving currently, which
requires an acceptable amount of 19 million kuna of budgetary
funds," she added.
War Veterans Minister Ivica Pancic suggested on the government's
behalf that deputies turn down the proposal as it "is not in line
with the starting points of the government's policy of care for
invalids for this and next year, since we want to make care equal for
all categories of invalids".
Pancic dismissed objections that the new law reduced soldiers'
rights, saying that 472 disabled war veterans from the first
disability category were exercising their legal rights.
Forty-eight of them receive allowances of 10,000 to 14,000 kuna,
386 receive 14,000 to 17,000 kuna, and 27 receive 17,000 to 20,000
kuna, Pancic said. He suggested on behalf of the government that
both rights - the right to care and assistance allowance and the
right to a nursing attendant - be granted to 100% disabled war
veterans with two or more first-category impairments.
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