ZAGREB, June 30 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's House of Representatives on Wednesday continued its 41st session, chaired by parliament president Vlatko Pavletic. Speaking about current farmers' protests, organised by the Croatian
Farmers' Association, Petar Zitnik of the Croatian Peasants' Party bench requested that the government submit a report on the protests to the parliament, given that the protests are in their fifth day and spreading increasingly. Pavletic said he would request the report during today's session. Parliament cannot be a partner in negotiations, he pointed out, adding the solution was up to the government and the farmers' association. Recalling his Tuesday meeting with representatives of the association, Pavletic said they had accepted the suggestion to renounce their demand on bans on imports and instead seek the protection of domestic production. Damir Kajin
ZAGREB, June 30 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's House of
Representatives on Wednesday continued its 41st session, chaired
by parliament president Vlatko Pavletic.
Speaking about current farmers' protests, organised by the
Croatian Farmers' Association, Petar Zitnik of the Croatian
Peasants' Party bench requested that the government submit a report
on the protests to the parliament, given that the protests are in
their fifth day and spreading increasingly.
Pavletic said he would request the report during today's session.
Parliament cannot be a partner in negotiations, he pointed out,
adding the solution was up to the government and the farmers'
association.
Recalling his Tuesday meeting with representatives of the
association, Pavletic said they had accepted the suggestion to
renounce their demand on bans on imports and instead seek the
protection of domestic production.
Damir Kajin of the Istrian Democratic Assembly demanded an
extraordinary parliament session because, he said, the farmers'
blockage of roads will ruin the tourist season.
Pavletic said he would convene the session if MPs support Kajin's
initiative in sufficient number.
The Lower House also discussed a final bill on Croatian passports.
An Interior Ministry representative said the aim of the new
passports is to reduce possibilities of misuse, and to enable
computers to read data from passports.
Given that one percent in 1.2 million issued Croatian passports was
falsified, and in 90 instances it referred to changed photographs,
new passports will have no photograph, but a photo scan imprint.
Following a Committee for Legislation motion, the Lower House
removed from the agenda a bill on Croatian news agency Hina, and
bound the sponsor to submit a new text of the bill in the autumn. The
new text should offer better solutions for the agency's management
and give guarantees to the parliament, as the founder, to supervise
the agency's work.
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