POLICE: CADETS' PROTESTING IS IMPERMISSIBLE

ZAGREB, Dec 12 (Hina) - Around 180 police cadets who did not find jobs in the Interior Ministry within six months of completing the police high-school, have been protesting on St. Mark's Square, in front of the government building since 13:00 hrs Wednesday, demanding employment documents from the government. Cadets' representatives said they would not leave the square until they have been issued with employment documents. They claim they were promised the documents in May, when they completed high- school. Ministry Interior spokeswoman Zinka Bardic said cadets have been guaranteed employment if they completed two years of the Police Academy. She added the ministry did not have a demand for personnel with high school education. She assessed the conduct of the cadets, who have been protesting in police uniforms, was impermissible. President of the Croatian police union Dubravko Jagic, and the president of the Association of Workers' Trade Unions of Croatia, Boris Kunst, asked for a meeting with Minister Interior Sime Lucin, and some of deputy premiers in order to discuss the issue. Police cadets were to join a protest rally "For a Welfare Croatia, and not Croatia of Welfare Cases," held in the St. Mark's Square this afternoon. They arrived late as they held talks with the police director Ranko Ostojic for a long time. Because they did not receive any employment guarantees from Ostojic, cadets arrived at St. Mark's Square, but the protest had already ended. (hina) np sb