ZAGREB, May 10 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's House of Counties will pass a final decision on a government-motioned bill of amendments to the reconstruction law after the Committee on Internal Affairs and Local Self-Government
requests county assemblies to state their position on the bill. The Upper House today held an extensive debate during which motioned legal solutions were harshly criticised. Most MPs endorsed a bill on representatives' rights which, among else, would regulate the right to retirement, salary, and benefits once their mandate has expired. MPs of the largest Opposition party, the Croatian Democratic Union, and of the Croatian Party of Rights persisted in assessments that the bill of amendments to the reconstruction law equalised the aggressor and the victim in the right to reconstruction. MPs of the two parties objected to the fact that the right extended throughout the state and had
ZAGREB, May 10 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's House of Counties
will pass a final decision on a government-motioned bill of
amendments to the reconstruction law after the Committee on
Internal Affairs and Local Self-Government requests county
assemblies to state their position on the bill.
The Upper House today held an extensive debate during which
motioned legal solutions were harshly criticised.
Most MPs endorsed a bill on representatives' rights which, among
else, would regulate the right to retirement, salary, and benefits
once their mandate has expired.
MPs of the largest Opposition party, the Croatian Democratic Union,
and of the Croatian Party of Rights persisted in assessments that
the bill of amendments to the reconstruction law equalised the
aggressor and the victim in the right to reconstruction. MPs of the
two parties objected to the fact that the right extended throughout
the state and had no clearly defined priorities.
Most MPs endorsed the bill on representatives' rights which would
regulate, among else, the right to privileged pension regardless of
the duration of the mandate, thus rescinding the 18 months
condition, and the right to a dismissal wage totalling the last six
salaries.
According to solutions motioned by the House of Representatives
Committee on Legislation, the right to representatives' pension
would also extend to Croatian MPs active in the former Yugoslav
federal parliament, who performed their duties in the Croatian
interest between June 25 and October 8 1991.
Commenting on the negative view the bill has been given in the
media, Committee on Legislation representative Ingrid Anticevic-
Marinovic asserted it was more restrictive compared to the existing
law, with stricter conditions for earning representatives'
pension.
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