ZAGREB, Aug 30 (Hina) - The president of the Croatian Population Movement has said the government's announced social reform represents a social catastrophe, especially for families with three or more children, as it consists of
drastic cuts in maternity entitlements and child's allowances. Anto Bakovic said on Thursday the measures announced by the government were contrary to a national programme parliament adopted on demographic revival and development. The government, by announcing said measures, has decided Croatia should have no more families with three of more children, Bakovic maintains, adding it is the birth of the third child that Croatia's demographic revival depends on. "We cannot help but get the impression that it is not about a lack of money but a conspiracy between the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the Serbian and Jewish lobby in Croatia, which today pass crucial decisions about the Croats'
ZAGREB, Aug 30 (Hina) - The president of the Croatian Population
Movement has said the government's announced social reform
represents a social catastrophe, especially for families with
three or more children, as it consists of drastic cuts in maternity
entitlements and child's allowances.
Anto Bakovic said on Thursday the measures announced by the
government were contrary to a national programme parliament
adopted on demographic revival and development.
The government, by announcing said measures, has decided Croatia
should have no more families with three of more children, Bakovic
maintains, adding it is the birth of the third child that Croatia's
demographic revival depends on.
"We cannot help but get the impression that it is not about a lack of
money but a conspiracy between the IMF (International Monetary
Fund) and the Serbian and Jewish lobby in Croatia, which today pass
crucial decisions about the Croats' lives," said Bakovic.
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