ZAGREB, June 26 (Hina) - Bills on national security and the Armed Forces could be harmonised within a fortnight and adopted by the end of the year, Defence Minister Jozo Rados told reporters covering the work of his ministry at an
informal lunch on Tuesday. Answering a slew of questions about the organisation of secret services, Rados said there were different positions regarding the dynamics of state service reforms and jurisdiction over their work. He said he advocated a system which would include two to four secret military and civil services with strong internal control and one umbrella organisation which would unite their work. This would be in keeping with systems around the world. Rados said he also advocated solutions which would see the military secret service control civilians jeopardising the security of the Armed Forces. Mentioning Hungary's example, Rados said he was considering introduc
ZAGREB, June 26 (Hina) - Bills on national security and the Armed
Forces could be harmonised within a fortnight and adopted by the end
of the year, Defence Minister Jozo Rados told reporters covering
the work of his ministry at an informal lunch on Tuesday.
Answering a slew of questions about the organisation of secret
services, Rados said there were different positions regarding the
dynamics of state service reforms and jurisdiction over their
work.
He said he advocated a system which would include two to four secret
military and civil services with strong internal control and one
umbrella organisation which would unite their work. This would be
in keeping with systems around the world.
Rados said he also advocated solutions which would see the military
secret service control civilians jeopardising the security of the
Armed Forces.
Mentioning Hungary's example, Rados said he was considering
introducing a special security inspection of MPs on the Internal
Policy and National Security Committee.
Rados refuted allegations in the latest issue of Nacional weekly to
the effect that the NSEI secret service was beyond control. Its work
within the National Security Office is regulated by law and it does
not have to submit reports to the minister of defence, he said.
Rados also commented on allegations to the effect that Argentina
sold weaponry Croatia at the beginning of the 1990s war of
independence despite an embargo, which resulted in Argentinean
President Carlos Menem's being recently called to court. Rados said
the purchase documentation had been in disarray.
"After arranging them, we forwarded the documents to the Finance
Police. If the Foreign Ministry requests gathering information on
that weaponry, the Defence Ministry... will cooperate," said
Rados.
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