FIZULIC TO TALK DIOKOM WITH UNIONISTS, BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE MONDAY

ZAGREB, Sept 1 (Hina) - Croatia's Economy Minister Goranko Fizulic said on Friday he expected a new bankruptcy trustee for Split-based company Diokom to be appointed by Monday at the latest. Fizulic expects the new bankruptcy trustee and representatives of the company's trade union to come to Zagreb for a meeting at the Economy Ministry on Monday. The minister regretted the "ineptitude shown by certain structures which should resolve the bankruptcy issue in a fast and efficient manner." Without specifying which structures he was referring to, Fizulic asserted that if the issue had been politicised to such an extent, it indicated that some structures wanted the Split-based company to continue being a source of problems as long as possible. The economy minister was to hold a meeting in Split today in connection with Diokom, whose workers have been protesting for quite some time now due to the situation in the bankrupt company. The meeting was postponed to September 4 in Zagreb after bankruptcy trustee Joso Malenica resigned after one month in office. He was the third Diokom bankruptcy trustee to do so. Fizulic also regretted that after six months, Diokom was still making headlines, and that everything in the Croatian economy was being measured against the Split company and similar cases. Diokom, which used to be a leading company in the southern Croatian region of Dalmatia, now employs 2,308 workers. Even though it filed for bankruptcy, the economy minister is in favour of its survival. (hina) ha