ZAGREB, July 1 (Hina) - Deputy Prime Minister Slavko Linic declined to comment on Tuesday on the latest political accusations from Croatian Peasant Party leaders about the course of privatisation and the performance of the Croatian
Privatisation Fund's (HFP) board of directors.
ZAGREB, July 1 (Hina) - Deputy Prime Minister Slavko Linic declined
to comment on Tuesday on the latest political accusations from
Croatian Peasant Party leaders about the course of privatisation
and the performance of the Croatian Privatisation Fund's (HFP)
board of directors. #L#
Linic said it would be better if these politicians made decisions
rather than comments, and that personally he was not satisfied with
the course of privatisation either.
Asked about the existence of conflicts within the cabinet
concerning privatisation, Linic told the press one could not expect
five or six ministers to think the same way. "Some turn the fact that
we think differently into conflicts and disagreements."
Linic recalled he had been accused of bargain-selling Croatia when
he was head of the HFP board of directors, even though data showed
that only 31 companies were sold, of which six to foreigners. "We
don't like to talk about facts but about political platitudes."
Linic said he would personally insist on the privatisation of the
Slobodna Dalmacija newspaper even though it was not to politicians'
liking.
He expects three strategic partners' final binding offers for the
oil company INA will arrive in a matter of days and that a final
decision on the sale of 25 plus one INA share will be made over the
course of the month.
Linic expects all three strategic partners -- Austria's OMV,
Hungary's MOL, and Russia's Rosneft -- will submit binding offers.
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