ZAGREB, Nov 30 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Thursday sent into parliamentary procedure a bill regulating the organisation of the police, its duties and powers. According to the bill, the interior minister would once a year
submit a report to the Croatian parliament on completed police operations, which would ensure political control over the police. The bill also envisages the establishment of a directorate in charge of carrying out police duties, which would operate within the interior ministry and be run by a director, who would be proposed by the ministry and appointed by the government. Also sent into parliamentary procedure were draft changes to the Law on Institutions of Higher Education, which envisages "patching up legal 'holes'," which are the consequence of the annulment of part of the regulations from the Law by the Constitutional Court, which judged that they opposed the gua
ZAGREB, Nov 30 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Thursday sent
into parliamentary procedure a bill regulating the organisation of
the police, its duties and powers.
According to the bill, the interior minister would once a year
submit a report to the Croatian parliament on completed police
operations, which would ensure political control over the police.
The bill also envisages the establishment of a directorate in
charge of carrying out police duties, which would operate within
the interior ministry and be run by a director, who would be
proposed by the ministry and appointed by the government.
Also sent into parliamentary procedure were draft changes to the
Law on Institutions of Higher Education, which envisages "patching
up legal 'holes'," which are the consequence of the annulment of
part of the regulations from the Law by the Constitutional Court,
which judged that they opposed the guaranteed autonomy of the
university. The bill would be in force until a new law is adopted,
which is being hampered by objections of the strongest Croatian
university - Zagreb University.
The Government positively assessed a bill on the inspection of
higher education and scientific and research activities.
It sent into parliamentary procedure a change to the Law on Pension
Insurance under which the obligation to pay contributions in case
of accident at work for students attending practical training would
be taken over by the budget instead of schools. The Government made
this decision because schools failed to pay those contributions,
which resulted in a 165 million kuna debt to the Pension Insurance
Fund.
The Government adopted a proposal on initiating a procedure of
introducing the production of bio-diesel oil, which is more
environment-friendly than the existing oils.
The Government also decided to start a procedure of concluding an
agreement with the Japanese government on a deed of donation worth
3.7 million kuna to Dubrovnik for the purchase of musical
instruments and lighting equipment.
(hina) rml