ZAGREB, April 10 (Hina) - Croatia's President Stipe Mesic on Monday presented parliament president Zlatko Tomcic and Premier Ivica Racan with a proposal for constitutional changes drafted by a task force at President Mesic's
initiative. The three officials did not discuss details of the proposal, which should open a public debate, or the proposed constitutional changes, Igor Dekanic, Mesic's adviser on internal affairs, told reporters in Zagreb. Mesic, Tomcic, and Racan agreed a way of drafting a new law which should restructure the intelligence community, Dekanic announced. It was agreed Justice Minister Stjepan Ivanisevic should integrate all proposals for a new organisation of the intelligence community and coordinate task forces for relative issues, and draft a working proposal which will not be available to the public, Dekanic said. He added Mesic, Tomcic, and Racan did not talk
ZAGREB, April 10 (Hina) - Croatia's President Stipe Mesic on Monday
presented parliament president Zlatko Tomcic and Premier Ivica
Racan with a proposal for constitutional changes drafted by a task
force at President Mesic's initiative.
The three officials did not discuss details of the proposal, which
should open a public debate, or the proposed constitutional
changes, Igor Dekanic, Mesic's adviser on internal affairs, told
reporters in Zagreb.
Mesic, Tomcic, and Racan agreed a way of drafting a new law which
should restructure the intelligence community, Dekanic
announced.
It was agreed Justice Minister Stjepan Ivanisevic should integrate
all proposals for a new organisation of the intelligence community
and coordinate task forces for relative issues, and draft a working
proposal which will not be available to the public, Dekanic said.
He added Mesic, Tomcic, and Racan did not talk about who would
control the Office for National Security, whether the Croatian
Intelligence Service (HIS) would be shut down, or concrete
personnel changes in intelligence services.
Dekanic said he could not disclose the details of today's talks,
pointing out it was not customary in any country to go public with
data on intelligence services.
He added the talks tackled various issues, ranging from the work of
government offices and services, to state security, which was
assessed as very good. There was no talk about The Hague war
tribunal's indictments against Croatian generals, or Croatia's co-
operation with the tribunal.
Asked whether it was correct HIS manager Ozren Zunec wanted to hand
in his resignation today because President Mesic wanted to appoint
his assistants, Dekanic replied with a "No comment."
The President's adviser announced a meeting in the similar
composition for Saturday morning, and a meeting of the task force in
charge of drafting constitutional changes for Wednesday.
Attending today's talks were also Justice Minister Ivanisevic,
Interior Minister Sime Lucin, HIS manager Zunec, and President
Mesic's adviser on national security Tomislav Karamarko. Nobody
wanted to speak to the press.
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