PARLIAMENT COMMISSION FOR INVESTIGATION OF 'WHEAT SCANDAL' HOLDS S

S $ ESSION ZAGREB, 8 Nov (Hina) - The Investigative Commission, established by the House of Representative in order to investigate this summer's 'wheat scandal', on Friday held its first session at which it adopted the Commission's book of rules. The Commission was formed on 18 October 1995, after the State Audit Office discovered that wheat, which had been exported from state commodity stock piles as a surplus this summer, was not surplus wheat at all. According to the book of rules, the Investigative Commission is authorised to demand from all state bodies, institutions, trade associations and other legal entities and citizens to provide all documents which the Commission may consider relevant for the establishment of facts. The Commission also has the right to interrogate all officials of state bodies and other persons and officials whom it finds to be familiar with data which are important for the investigation. The first person to be interrogated by the Commission at the Commission's next session on 18 November, is the former head of the State Administration for Commodity Stock Piles, Kresimir Beno. The Commission will have to inform Parliament about its findings within six months from its establishment at the latest, that is, by 18 April 1997. (hina) rm jn 081513 MET nov 96