ZAGREB, 18 Nov (Hina) - The former head of the State Administration for Commodity Stockpiles, Kresimir Beno, was the first person to be interrogated by the Parliament Investigative Commission, at the Commission's second session which
was held in Zagreb on Monday. The Commission was set up on 18 October 1996, after the State Audit Office discovered that wheat, which had been exported from the state commodity stock piles as a surplus this summer, was not surplus wheat at all.
ZAGREB, 18 Nov (Hina) - The former head of the State Administration
for Commodity Stockpiles, Kresimir Beno, was the first person to be
interrogated by the Parliament Investigative Commission, at the
Commission's second session which was held in Zagreb on Monday. The
Commission was set up on 18 October 1996, after the State Audit
Office discovered that wheat, which had been exported from the
state commodity stock piles as a surplus this summer, was not
surplus wheat at all. #L#
'Everything I did, I did in line with decisions of the
Croatian Government and I did not take any actions on my own', Beno
said.
The head of the Investigative Commission, Vladimir Seks, said
that the Commission would interrogate the four most responsible
persons of the State Commodity Stockpiles in the next seven days.
After that, government officials and ministers would be
interrogated.
According to Beno, wheat could be exported only in line with
Government decisions and during his mandate the Government had made
a decision on the export of 100,000 tons of wheat, out of which
82,000 tons had been exported.
Speaking about the import of 10,000 tons of flour, Beno said
that he did not want to sign the document on the import of flour.
The Government had obliged the Administration for Commodity
Stockpiles to carry out that task and the contract had been signed
by Beno's assistant Zlatko Rogozar.
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