ZAGREB, Nov 17 (Hina) - The Ministry of Defence on Monday made public the names of five active-service military personnel and civilian employees of the armed forces running in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, and the State
Electoral Commission confirmed these persons were on lists of candidates.
ZAGREB, Nov 17 (Hina) - The Ministry of Defence on Monday made
public the names of five active-service military personnel and
civilian employees of the armed forces running in the forthcoming
parliamentary elections, and the State Electoral Commission
confirmed these persons were on lists of candidates. #L#
The ministry said that there were an additional 11 active
servicemen and civilian employees of the armed forces for whom it
had not yet received a confirmation from the State Electoral
Commission that they were running in the elections.
The military prosecutor will press charges against these persons,
after which disciplinary proceedings will be initiated before the
Military Disciplinary Court, the ministry said in a statement.
Under Article 11 of the Law on Service in the Armed Forces, active
servicemen and civilian employees of the armed forces are not
allowed to stand in elections for the Sabor, representative bodies
of citizens or representative bodies of local or regional
government units.
Members of the armed forces are banned from participating in
political gatherings or demonstrations, and making public
statements on the situation in the armed forces without the
approval of the defence minister or a person authorised by him or
her.
Active servicemen are neither allowed to be members of political
parties or trade unions.
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