PRESIDENT TUDJMAN WRITES TO PREMIER MATESA - STATEMENT

ZAGREB, Feb 3 (Hina) - Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, Friday sent a letter to Croatian Premier, Zlatko Matesa, in respect of the decision on demobilization of a considerable part of Croatian armed force, as implementation of the decision will lead to a possibility for a considerable number of Croatian officers and soldiers reservists to be engaged in the state authorities' bodies, the Croatian President's office said on Saturday. #L# Being aware of the fact that there is an insufficient number of people for jobs in bodies of the state administration, particularly in state supervision departments, President Tudjman points in the letter to the necessity for relevant re-training of demobilized members of the Croatian armed force, which will enable them to be employed in the above-mentioned bodies of the state administration. In line with the 22 December 1995 conclusions of the Presidential Council, the systematic and consistent implementation of which requires the thorough re-organization of the overall state administration as well as higher efficiency of state supervision departments, that cannot be achieved without sufficient number of trained and motivated employees, President Tudjman emphasizes that this must be one of priority tasks of the Croatian state policies in new peace-time conditions. As regards this objective, President Tudjman expresses opinion that the Government of the Republic of Croatia should define a number of necessary staff for various bodies of the state authorities, and to call on, by public announcement, all who are interested in the service with the state bodies, and to make relevant programmes for re-training. The Government is to inform the Croatian President of taken measures, the statement said. (hina) mms 031645 MET feb 96