THIRD READING REQUESTED FOR NATIONAL SECURITY OFFICE BILL

ZAGREB, March 15 (Hina) - The House of Representatives committee on home policy and national security today decided to request a third reading for their National Security Office Bill. The Committee plans to present an exorcised version of the Bill for the third reading, after consulting all the members that took part in the full-house debate on the Bill yesterday and the members of the committee on Constitution and standing orders. The committee on Constitution and standing orders also discussed the Bill today and agreed that it needed a third reading. They agreed that the Bill was on the whole Constitutional but its wording tended to be rather vague. For instance, the part dealing with the new Office's task to coordinate the work of various ministries where national security issues are concerned, failed to provide any definition of "national security issues". The members submitted 23 amendments to the Bill. (hina) jn as 151502 MET mar 95