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Government sends to parliament final bill of amendments to HRT Act

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ZAGREB, June 27 (Hina) - The government on Wednesday forwarded to parliament a final bill of amendments to the Croatian Radio-Television (HRT) Act, recommending that the acting director general be appointed within eight days of the bill's passage. Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said that in proposing the amendments, the government had no political motive or intention to edit the news programme, but was interested in the public broadcaster's future.

Under the bill, parliament appoints the HRT's director general, management board, programming council and supervisory board by qualified majority vote, which makes the appointments transparent and representative, said Culture Minister Andrea Zlatar Violic.

The time in which the parliamentary information committee has to nominate a temporary director general is reduced from 30 to eight days and the director is appointed for six months. The deadline for inviting applications for the director general is extended to 90 days.

Editors in chief will be chosen based on applications, which ensures a transparent appointment, the minister said.

The supervisory board and the programming council can be constituted when the majority of their members have been appointed, she added.

Milanovic said the government was amending the HRT Act to bring order into the public broadcaster and stressed that "we have no intention at all to edit the news programme. We don't meddle and we don't intervene, but we are interested in the future of the house."

The government believes the election of the HRT director general in parliament is the right thing to do, with Milanovic saying "this is transparent."

Commenting on the provision that the HRT's main bodies should be appointed by qualified majority vote, he called on the parliamentary Legislation Committee to see if the provision was in compliance with the Constitution.

He said the Constitution stipulated that only organic laws were adopted by qualified majority vote and that he thought the HRT Act was not an organic law.

"We must be careful in writing laws and transposing the well-meaning suggestions from the European Commission not to breach our own Constitution. Let's change the Constitution then and adopt a provision that some other laws are also adopted by qualified majority, otherwise we are being irresponsible."

When the law is being passed, we will make sure there are enough deputies in parliament, but "let's see if we have clearly defined laws," said the PM.

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