Seks: Antunovic Should Return Her Salary Increase

Vladimir Seks reiterated that he had not convened a new parliament session because the agenda of the 25th session had not been exhausted.

Croatian Parliament President Vladimir Seks reiterated to reporters on Saturday that he had not called a new parliament session because the agenda of the 25^th session had not been exhausted. 

The Croatian parliament rule-book states that when the agenda has not been exhausted, the session cannot be closed and I acted in line with the rule-book, said Seks after a theme conference of the Croatian Returnees Association (ZPH).

He stressed that an entire set of laws remained on the agenda of the 25^th session, including the law on local self-government and elections for the local self-government, so the session would continue.

Asked to comment on reactions of almost all political parties regarding the establishing of the authenticity of audio recordings from the Brijuni meeting in June 1995 and the possibility that a document marked as state secret had been publicised on the public television, HTV, Seks said that the parliament’s internal affairs and national security committee would discuss the issue within ten days.

Based on information from the state prosecution and the intelligence community, the commission will decide whether this was a legitimate or illegitimate act.

“The issue cannot be left in the fog, it will be very precisely and clearly determined whether the publicising was in line with the law or contrary to it, whether the law on confidentiality of information has been broken and whether transcripts and authentic audio recordings were publicised”, Seks said.

Regarding media reports on the decision of the Constitutional Court that the salaried of state officials increase by 0.5 percent per year of service, Seks asked reporters why they were pouncing on only members of the parliament, not mentioning the state president and his office or the prime minister, ministers and other state officials affected by the decision of the Constitutional Court.

Commenting on colleagues from the parliament’s opposition, such as Zeljka Antunovic, “who say this is not right”, Vladimir Seks said they should refuse to accept the increase in salary and give away the 0.5 increase per years of service.

He also refuted some media reporting that the increase would be paid in retrograde, explaining that it would be calculated as of April 1.