HDZ MP: KAJIN'S CLAIMS ABOUT FINANCING OF BH CROATS - TREASON

HDZ MP: KAJIN'S CLAIMS ABOUT FINANCING OF BH CROATS - TREASON ZAGREB, Oct 5 (Hina) - The House of Representatives started its Friday session with a heated debate on the State Audit report. The report includes audit findings from the ministries of defence, interior and foreign affairs, from which the mark of state secret has been removed. Istrian Democratic Assembly's (IDS) deputy Damir Kajin said the spending of Croatia's budgetary funds over the past years for Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina was a "mindless adventure of the Croatian authority." A total of one billion and 400 million kuna of budgetary funds was set aside for that purpose last year, Kajin said adding that in the period between 1992-2000 Croatia had given 20 million kuna for Bosnia-Herzegovina. That money could have been used for the construction of 80,000 flats or all highways in Croatia, he said. He added that "Croatia carried out aggression on Bosnia- Herzegovina" and provoked a fierce response by Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) deputies. The president of the HDZ parliamentary bench, Vladimir Seks, called Kajin's statements "treason," to which Kajin replied that "the failed policy toward Bosnia-Herzegovina was paid with Croatia's isolation." Seks judged that the Sabor's Rule Book was violated since the chairman of today's session, Bolta Jalsovec, did not reprimand Kajin and ruled him out of order, for his, Seks said, "slandering Croatia." Seks therefore asked that the Committee on the Constitution, Rule Book and the Political System discuss the matter, and the lower house declared a break. The session is to continued. (hina) rml