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Majetić: I Believe in the New Ministers

In the Croatian Employers’ Association (HUP), they believe that the individuals proposed for new ministers, who come from real business and have experience and results behind them, are capable of doing the job.

The Director of the Croatian Employers’ Association (HUP), Davor Majetić, stated today while commenting on the proposed changes in the Government that too little time has passed for any in-depth analysis, but that the people proposed for new ministers come from real business, have experience and results behind them, and he believes they are capable of doing the job. In this sense, we are optimistic, but we must be cautious as they have a short deadline (one year), he said.

He considers attracting investments to be important and hopes that a lot will be done in that direction, he said, referring to the introduction of a new position of Deputy Prime Minister for Investments for which Domagoj Milošević, the Chairman of the Management Board and majority owner of Pastor Group and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of HUP, has been proposed.

It is important that things start moving, said Majetić. Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor proposed today to the Parliament that Martina Dalić be appointed as the new Minister of Finance, Davor Božinović as Minister of Defense, Branko Bačić as Minister of Environmental Protection, Spatial Planning and Construction, and Jasen Mesić as the new Minister of Culture.

A new Deputy Prime Minister responsible for investments will also enter the Government, and for this position, Domagoj Milošević has been proposed, Prime Minister Kosor said at a press conference in Banski Dvori. She also proposed that Minister of Agriculture Petar Čobanković become the Deputy Prime Minister for the Economy, and Minister of Foreign Affairs Gordan Jandroković will also become a Deputy Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister announced that she would today formally request an extraordinary session from the Croatian Parliament for Wednesday, December 29, during which the new members of the Government should be presented and confirmed, so that the Government as a whole can start functioning on new foundations from the beginning of 2011.  (H)