BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH

HR-OMBUDSMAN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3604HINA Zagreb, April 20 2000CROATIAN LOWER HOUSE ENDORSES OMBUDSMAN'S 1999 REPORTZAGREB, April 20 (Hina) - The Croatian National Sabor's House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously adopted an annual report of the Croatian Ombudsman, Ante Klaric. During today's debate, members of the Sabor commended Klaric and his aides for their work in 1999, and pointed to the impermissible conduct of state administration bodies towards the Ombudsman and to the bad situation in the judiciary. On behalf of the SDP (Social Democratic Party) bench, Jadranka Reihl-Kir accentuated that even 40 percent of citizens' complaints and appeals referred to the work of courts that spend several years on some cases. She warned that many institutions turned a deaf ear to requests forwarded from the Ombudsman's office about receiving data. On behalf of the HSLS (Croatian Social Liberal Party) bench, Vilim Herman stressed the