ZAGREB, Feb 2 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's House of Representatives on Friday unanimously adopted the arms bill under which the government set a one-year-long deadline for the delivery of arms which cannot be legalised in the
private ownership, for the registration of weapons which citizens can possess and for medical check-ups which all who have arms must undergo. The law was endorsed by all parliamentary benches. Participants in a parliamentary discussion on this matter condemned yesterday's act of the planting of an explosive device under the grave of World War Second national heroes at the Zagreb central cemetery of Mirogoj. They described the explosion as a "terrorist act" which underlined the importance of the enforcement of the arms law and the necessity for tougher control of the manufacturing and trade of weapons and ammunition. On behalf of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Ivan Ninic de
ZAGREB, Feb 2 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's House of
Representatives on Friday unanimously adopted the arms bill under
which the government set a one-year-long deadline for the delivery
of arms which cannot be legalised in the private ownership, for the
registration of weapons which citizens can possess and for medical
check-ups which all who have arms must undergo.
The law was endorsed by all parliamentary benches.
Participants in a parliamentary discussion on this matter
condemned yesterday's act of the planting of an explosive device
under the grave of World War Second national heroes at the Zagreb
central cemetery of Mirogoj.
They described the explosion as a "terrorist act" which underlined
the importance of the enforcement of the arms law and the necessity
for tougher control of the manufacturing and trade of weapons and
ammunition.
On behalf of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Ivan Ninic deplored
yesterday's terrorist act at Mirogoj. He warned about the problem
of the gas weapons which could be bought in Croatia just as easy "as
bread". According to data he had, only 20 percent of those who have
arms in Croatia has been medically examined. Ninic added that the
price of the medical examination for this purpose was 350 kuna
(about one hundred German marks) and wondered whether "it would be
better to cut the price and have more people who have undergone the
examination."
The lower house on Friday also adopted unanimously an act which
regulates the rights for the pension insurance of active military
staff and authorised official persons. Th adopted law redressed the
injustice done to some 450 police officers who retired under the law
which was in effect in 1999 and which did not allow them to exercise
all rights which other retirees had.
The House of Representatives passed a law on agricultural
subsidies. The government has ensured 1.43 billion kuna for the
subsides to farmers, under this law.
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