BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 2302 HINA ZAGREB,12/12/96 NO OF PAGES: 6

BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 2302 HINA ZAGREB,12/12/96 NO OF PAGES: 6 PARLIAMENT COMMITTEES SUPPORT BILL ON VETERANS' RIGHTS ZAGREB, Dec 12 (Hina) - Deputies to the Croatian Parliament's House of Representatives on Thursday expressed full support to the final bill regulating the rights of war veterans and their families. In drafting the bill, the government had followed guidelines proposed by the President of the Republic that all justifiable demands by war veterans should be adopted, taking into account available funds, Deputy Prime Minister Ljerka Mintas-Hodak said. According to Mintas-Hodak, next year's budget set aside about two billion kunas for payments to veterans and families of fallen defenders and six million kuna for resolving their housing problems. On behalf of the parliamentary committee for war veterans, Janko Bobetko said Croatia had over 38,000 victims of war. There were 23,264 invalids and over 40,000 unemployed demobbed soldiers, Bobetko said. PARLIAMENT CO