CROATIAN RETURNEE ASSOCIATION REQUESTS REVIVAL OF ECONOMY

ZAGREB, Dec 22 (Hina) - The Association of Croatian Returnees (ZPH) at Friday's meeting asked of the government to urgently begin reviving economy in areas of special government care. The ZPH asked of the government to postpone the repayment loans for economy in the areas and that the government invest all available budgetary funds into economy in the region. The returnees also requested that the Erdut Agreement be rescinded as it has made possible employment for a great number of Serbs not living in Croatia, but are living in Yugoslavia. This, in turn, has made it impossible to employ returnees, Croatian citizens, especially in the police and justice system, ZPH vice president Nikola Matekovic told a news conference after the meeting. The ZPH management board will forward a request to the State Real Estate Agency to provide it with data on the buying of Serb houses and the means of sale. Returnees are not able to return loans they received for the revival of economy, salaries are small and irregular, they do not have money for essential costs of living, which again instigates them to leave, Matekovic stressed, (hina) lml