ZAGREB, Oct 3 (Hina) - The Croatian Employers' Association (HUP) believes this year's last quarter is crucial for implementing the government programme, and to this effect employers will launch a series of activities aimed at passing
necessary provisions by year's end, HUP's president said on Tuesday. The time for radical changes is slowly running out, and unless a series of laws is passed by the end of the year, Croatia can hardly count on stronger and more important steps forward next year, Zeljko Ivancevic said. To this effect, HUP will initiate a series of talks with representatives of political parties, unions and science. Next Tuesday, a round table focusing on Croatia's coming out of the crisis and ways to ensure economic growth, will be held to discuss in more concrete terms what is expected from the government. The government is expected to provide integral tariff cha
ZAGREB, Oct 3 (Hina) - The Croatian Employers' Association (HUP)
believes this year's last quarter is crucial for implementing the
government programme, and to this effect employers will launch a
series of activities aimed at passing necessary provisions by
year's end, HUP's president said on Tuesday.
The time for radical changes is slowly running out, and unless a
series of laws is passed by the end of the year, Croatia can hardly
count on stronger and more important steps forward next year,
Zeljko Ivancevic said.
To this effect, HUP will initiate a series of talks with
representatives of political parties, unions and science. Next
Tuesday, a round table focusing on Croatia's coming out of the
crisis and ways to ensure economic growth, will be held to discuss
in more concrete terms what is expected from the government.
The government is expected to provide integral tariff changes,
legislate the stimulation of investments, offer measures to ensure
judicial effectiveness, and a social pact to be signed by the
government, unions and employers. Ivancevic said the text of the
said agreement had not been harmonised yet because the unions
considered some issues as still open.
Asked how many laws should be passed or amended by the end of the
year, he said more than 150, including a staggering 120 which have a
direct bearing on economy management.
Ivancevic said one of the issues in communicating with the
government was the continued forwarding into procedure and
adopting of laws which had not been discussed with economy
representatives, despite repeated promises by the prime minister
to the contrary. An example are amendments to the money transfers
law, which experts have already assessed as unfeasible.
HUP has therefore decided to "change tactics" and submit bills and
draft amendments not to the government but to political parties and
parliamentary benches so that they might evaluate whether they are
necessary or not.
Employers also warn that major economic issues are given
insufficient attention. Ivancevic pointed to concern at the fact
that illiquidity was no longer mentioned despite its remaining a
major problem.
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