ZAGREB, July 19 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic said in Zagreb on Tuesday subordinating the Croatian Army Headquarters to the Ministry of Defence (MORH), as suggested by Defence Minister Jozo Rados as part of MORH's
reorganisation, would mean another politicisation of the army. "If the Headquarters were under the Ministry, this would mean we are returning to the politicisation of the army," the President told reporters at Zagreb's airport upon returning from Brussels. "At MORH, the positions from deputy ministers to assistants are distributed on political, namely party basis, yet we want to depoliticise the army," he said, adding the matter would be subjected to further debate. Defence Minister Rados had told Nedjeljni Vjesnik MORH must be the body through which a civil, political structure would manage and control the armed forces. MORH must therefore be above the army's headquarters,
ZAGREB, July 19 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic said in
Zagreb on Tuesday subordinating the Croatian Army Headquarters to
the Ministry of Defence (MORH), as suggested by Defence Minister
Jozo Rados as part of MORH's reorganisation, would mean another
politicisation of the army.
"If the Headquarters were under the Ministry, this would mean we are
returning to the politicisation of the army," the President told
reporters at Zagreb's airport upon returning from Brussels.
"At MORH, the positions from deputy ministers to assistants are
distributed on political, namely party basis, yet we want to
depoliticise the army," he said, adding the matter would be
subjected to further debate.
Defence Minister Rados had told Nedjeljni Vjesnik MORH must be the
body through which a civil, political structure would manage and
control the armed forces. MORH must therefore be above the army's
headquarters, he had said.
Rados had announced the basic principles of a motion on MORH's
reorganisation would this week be submitted to President Mesic,
parliament, the government, and other competent state bodies.
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