CRO GOVERNMENT PROPOSES ABOLITION OF COURT-MARTIALS

ZAGREB, May 23 (Hina) - The Croatian government on Thursday directed several bills to the Croatian parliament, including a Bill on Amendments to the Law on Courts of Justice. Court-martials are based on the Regulation on Organization, Activity and Domain of Jurisdiction Authority in War or Direct Danger to the Independence and Integrity of the Republic of Croatia. According to Croatian Justice Minister Miroslav Separovic, court-martials had fulfilled the aim for which they had been established, and were therefore no longer necessary to our legal system in most people's opinion. It was concluded that the duties so far performed by military judges could now be performed by regular judges. According to a demand of the State Commission for the Scheduling of Referenda, the Croatian government approved 5,08 million kuna (about 278,000 German marks) from the current budgetary reserve for the scheduling of ten advisory referenda on the redrawing of county boundaries, to take place on 2 June. (hina) ha jn 231721 MET may 96