ZAGREB, Apr 26 (Hina) - Commenting on the disappearance of 930 passports from the Croatian consulate in southern Bosnia's Mostar, Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan said on Saturday this was undoubtedly a criminal act and that the
only question was who was involved and who was responsible.
ZAGREB, Apr 26 (Hina) - Commenting on the disappearance of 930
passports from the Croatian consulate in southern Bosnia's Mostar,
Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Racan said on Saturday this was
undoubtedly a criminal act and that the only question was who was
involved and who was responsible. #L#
Talking to reporters during a sports fund-raiser at the Zagreb
Fair, Racan said organised crime had had strong ties in the region
even when governments and states had not been cooperating and that
the ties were strong today as well. He reiterated the need of
combating organised crime more efficiently.
Racan said he had insisted in talks with Interior Minister Sime
Lucin on establishing who was responsible for the Mostar consulate
case.
Commenting on the request of the opposition Croatian Democratic
Union, the Social Liberals, the Croatian Party of Rights, and the
Democratic Centre for disclosing the date of the upcoming
parliamentary ballot, the PM said this would be done in due time, in
line with the law.
Racan said he was not thinking about elections at the moment because
the government was busy meeting commitments towards the European
Union, which he stressed was a priority issue.
"Croatia has boarded that train and it wouldn't be good if it fell
off. Those who have nothing to do may think about elections," he
said, adding it seemed to him people in the opposition were "a tad
too nervous".
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