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ZAGREB, March 19 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Zlatko Matesa on
Wednesday introduced to the House of Representatives the newly-
appointed Minister for European Integrations, Ljerka Mintas-
Hodak, Administration Minister Marjan Ramuscak and Education
Minister Bozidar Pugelnik.
This gave rise to an unexpectedly sharp and protracted debate. HDZ
members supported the new ministers while some Opposition members
cast doubts on their professional capabilities and demanded that
they submit programmes for their work.
"Ramuscak is professionally quite up to this task - he is university
educated and has been working in the justice and administration
department since the creation of the Croatian state," Matesa said.
According to Matesa, the new administration minister's most
important task will be to draw up a new bill on the financing of
local government and self-government by the end of May.
"The reform of the school system will be the task of the new
education minister, in which he will have the wholehearted support
of the whole Government," Matesa said, introducing Bozidar
Pugelnik.
"Pugelnik spent his entire working life in education and is
familiar with its problems - he also knows how to create a
curriculum which will lead the young generations into the next
millenium," Matesa said.
"In view of her past duties, Ljerka Mintas-Hodak was the logical
choice for minister of European integrations," Matesa said.
He also announced the creation of a Government Office for European
Integrations whose task would be to harmonise the Croatian
legislation with the demands of European integrations.
"This body will not act as a competitor of the Foreign Ministry," he
said.
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