REPORT ON PRESIDENT'S INCOME SCALE IS COMPLETE AND TRUE - OFFICE

( Editorial: --> 9676 ) ZAGREB, Oct 19 (Hina) - The report on the income scale of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman submitted to the president of the Croatian National Sabor (Parliament) is complete and true, written in line with the Law on the Duties and Rights of State Officials, the Croatian President's Office said in a statement on Monday. The following is the statement in full: "Following untrue articles in certain media that the President of the Republic has submitted incomplete information on the income scale of himself and members of his family, the President's Office issues the following statement: The report on the property of the President of the Republic submitted to the president of the Croatian State Sabor is complete, conclusive and true, written in line with the Law on the Duties and Rights of State Officials. With the aim of full and factual informing of the Croatian public and refuting various false and malicious articles on the alleged wealth of the Tudjman family, the report gives a review of the property of family members of the President of the Republic which is not required by law to report. In the process of drafting the report of the President of the Republic, the President's Office as a starting point used the opinion of the presidency of the Croatian National Sabor, which, at its session on September 15, 1998, adopted the model form for the report in the income scale of certain state officials. In this form, the property of state officials was divided into three groups: real-estate, movable property and stock, and shares owned in any companies. It was the predominant opinion that cash assets in any form are not property in the sense of the above mentioned Law. Considering the above stated, although familiar with information on the savings of the President of the Republic and members of his family, the Office of the President of the Republic has drafted and proposed to the President the report, in line with the Law and mentioned expert opinions on the implementation of the Law itself at the session of the Croatian National Sabor," the statement read. (hina) lml/sp 191857 MET oct 98