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Jezi~Ni Nesporazumi UVODNIK UREDNIKAHRVATSKI SADR@AJ SABOR 2 Strana – Uvodnik urednika – Kona~ni prijedlog zakona o Hrvatskoj radioteleviziji 3 – Prijedlog i Kona~ni prijedlog zakona o izmjenama i dopunama Zakona o nov~anim poticajima i naknadama u poljoprivredi i ribarstvu 30 Jezi~ni nesporazumi – Prijedlog i Kona~ni prijedlog zakona o izmjeni Zakona o Dobronamjeran gra|anin ovih me dana potaknuo da porazmislim je li obrani 48 jezik doista sredstvo sporazumijevanja, ili i ovdje vrijedi ona u zakonima ~esto navo|ena sintagma »ako nije druga~ije propisano«. – Prijedlog i Kona~ni »Zar vi, gospodo u Saboru, ne znate kamo vam ide predsjednik i zar o prijedlog zakona tome ne obavje{tavate novine pa jedne pi{u da je predsjednik Hrvatskog o izmjenama i sabora otputovao u Litvu i Latviju, a druge u Litvu i Letoniju?« dopunama Zakona o lovu 56 – Latvija i Letonija dva su naziva za istu dr‘avu – obja{njavam zabrinu- tom dobri~ini. – Prijedlog i Kona~ni »Pa, zar ti jezi~ari nemaju {to pametnije raditi, nego nas zbunjuju s dva prijedlog zakona o imena za jednu dr‘avu?« negoduje dalje gra|anin. potvr|ivanju Rimskog Jesu li u ovom slu~aju »krivi« lingvisti ili drugi poslenici koji se jezikom statuta Me|unarodnog slu‘e kao glavnim »alatom«, a o njemu znaju znatno manje, te{ko je re}i. kaznenog suda 59 No, sude}i po dva nedavno tiskana paralelna pravopisa, o~igledno za – Prijedlog zakona razli~ite oblike izri~aja postoje argumenti za i protiv. Pa, kad je ve} tako, o prijestupima bilo bi doista dobro da se usuglase, kako nam ne bi jezik, umjesto sredstva i prekr{ajima 61 sporazumijevanja, postao sredstvo nesporazuma! Pritom bi se valjalo upi- tati: Ako danas od prva{i}a krenemo s novim jezi~nim pravilima, kada – Prijedlog zakona }emo imati prvu generaciju »pismenog« stanovni{tva? Kojim jezi~nim o izmjenama pravilima }e se slu‘iti, primjerice, dana{nji u~itelji, profesori (koji ne i dopunama Zakona o obrtu 66 predaju hrvatski jezik), novinari i drugi javni djelatnici koji su odavno nau~ili jezik i formirali vlastiti stil? Kako od njihova »pogre{nog« utjecaja – Prijedlog zaklju~aka za{tititi nove znalce, a kako od njihova zlobna podsmijeha za{tititi Odbora @upanijskog vreme{ne kolege koji su, bez svoje krivnje ili zasluge, postali jezi~ne doma za nacionalnu neznalice. sigurnost i vanjsku M. K. politiku povodom rasprave o vanjsko- politi~koj orijentaciji i me|unarodnom polo‘aju Republike Hrvatske 72 – Odgovori na zastupni~ka pitanja 73 BROJ 289 IHS 28. II. 2001. HRT 3 PRIKAZ RADA: – 51. SJEDNICE @UPANIJSKOG DOMA HRVATSKOG SABORA ODR@ANE 23., 24., 25., 30. I 31. SIJE^NJA TE 1. VELJA^E 2001. – 52. SJEDNICE @UPANIJSKOG DOMA HRVATSKOG SABORA ODR@ANE 13., 14. I 15. VELJA^E 2001. – 10. SJEDNICE ZASTUPNI^KOG DOMA HRVATSKOG SABORA ODR@ANE 24., 25., 26. I 31. SIJE^NJA TE 1., 2., 7., 8., 9., 14., 15., 16. VELJA^E TE... 2001. KONA^NI PRIJEDLOG ZAKONA O HRVATSKOJ RADIOTELEVIZIJI HRT u slu‘bi javnosti Nakon cjelodnevne rasprave, na amandmanima klubova zastupnika sjednici po~etkom velja~e Zastup- {estorke) pro{iren je sastav, a i ovla- O PRIJEDLOGU ni~ki dom je, odbiv{i sugestije da se sti Vije}a HRT-a, koje }e ubudu}e ide u tre}e ~itanje, izglasao Zakon o imati 25 ~lanova (22 }e biti predstav- Obrazla‘u}i osnovne intencije pre- HRT-u kojim se to javno poduze}e nici raznih institucija i udruga dok pretvara u javnu ustanovu (osniva~ dlo‘enog zakona dr. Biserka Cvje- }e trojica biti imenovani na pri- ti~anin, zamjenica ministra kulture, je Republika Hrvatska) koja bi samo jedlog predsjednika Sabora, premije- u iznimnim slu~ajevima obavljala uvodno je naglasila u @upanijskom ra i predsjednika dr‘ave). Spomeni- domu da je predlagatelj Kona~nim djelatnost kao javnu slu‘bu. Prema mo jo{ da bi po novome pristojba, predlo‘enom, HRT bi isprva imala prijedlogom zakona ‘elio ponuditi dvije organizacijske jedinice – Hrva- koju su du‘ni pla}ati vlasnici ra- jedan jasan, transparentan zakonski tski radio i Hrvatsku televiziju – dijskih i televizijskih prijamnika na tekst koji govori o preobrazbi Hrva- koje bi se do 1. srpnja idu}e godine podru~ju Republike Hrvatske, izno- tske televizije u javni radio i televi- trebale razdvojiti, dok bi se Oda{i- sila 1,5 posto prosje~ne neto mje- ziju. Naime, prema predlo‘enim rje{e- lja~i i veze, do kraja ove godine, se~ne pla}e zaposlenih u Republici njima, Hrvatska radio-televizija po- izdvojili u posebno trgova~ko dru- Hrvatskoj iz prethodne godine. staje javna ustanova koja samostalno, {tvo. Hrvatski radio bi i ubudu}e Ka‘imo jo{ da put do dono{enja u skladu sa zakonom, odlu~uje o sa- emitirao tri radijska programa u tri ovog zakonskog propisa nije nimalo dr‘ajima svojih programa, te vreme- radijske mre‘e a Hrvatska televizija jednostavan, a mo‘da jo{ nije ni po- nu njihova emitiranja ili prijenosa, dva TV programa u dvjema televi- sve okon~an. Naime, rije~ je o zako- vode}i brigu o interesima javnosti. zijskim mre‘ama na dr‘avnoj razini. nu o kojem bi, po mi{ljenju Odbora Njena je zada}a da promi~e javne in- za usugla{avanje, trebala ravnoprav- terese, odnosno da njeni programi no odlu~ivati oba saborska doma, ali budu namijenjeni javnosti koja ih fi- • Novim zakonom HRT se se Zastupni~ki dom jo{ nije izjasnio nancira i nadzire. pretvara u javnu ustanovu o tome. Podsjetimo, @upanijski dom Gospo|a Cvjeti~anin je posebno (osniva~ je Republika Hrvat- je krajem sije~nja u dva navrata naglasila ulogu Vije}a HRT-a, ~ije bi raspravljao o prvobitnoj verziji ~lanove, prema predlo‘enom, imeno- ska) s dvije organizacijske vao Zastupni~ki dom, na temelju zakonskog teksta koji je u procedu- jedinice – Hrvatska televizija prikupljenih prijedloga razli~itih ru uputila Vlada. Taj je tekst u dru{tvenih udruga i institucija (15). i Hrvatski radio – koje bi se me|uvremenu znatno izmijenjen, Na taj bi se na~in osiguralo da ~lano- do 1. srpnja idu}e godine budu}i da je predlagatelj uva‘io vi tog tijela zastupaju interese cijelog trebale razdvojiti. Predvi|a amandmane Odbora za Ustav, Poslo- dru{tva, a ne pojedina politi~ka vnik i politi~ki sustav te klubova stajali{ta ili interese onih koji su ih se, tako|er, da }e se Oda{i- zastupnika {estorke, koji su postali na tu du‘nost imenovali. lja~i i veze, do kraja ove godi- sastavnim dijelom Kona~nog pri- Po rije~ima predstavnice predla- ne, izdvojiti u posebno trgo- jedloga zakona. Nakon izglasavanja gatelja Kona~ni prijedlog zakona zakona u Zastupni~kom domu @upa- predvi|a odvajanje dosada{nje orga- va~ko dru{tvo. nijski je dom ponovno razmotrio taj nizacijske jedinice Oda{ilja~i i veze, zakon, ali ga nije podr‘ao. d.o.o. iz sustava HRT-a i to u roku od Zahvaljuju}i brojnim amandman- Slo‘i li se i Zastupni~ki dom s godine dana od njegova dono{enja. skim intervencijama (prvobitni time da je ovaj zakon u ravnoprav- Predvi|a se, nadalje, privatizacija pro- prijedlog Vlade zna~ajno je korigi- noj nadle‘nosti obaju domova, grama u tre}oj televizijskoj mre‘i na ran amandmanima Odbora za Ustav, uslijedit }e procedura usugla{ava- dr‘avnoj razini (prva dva programa Poslovnik i politi~ki sustav, koji je nja, a nakon toga objava prihva- ostaju javna). Gospo|a Cvjeti~anin je predlagatelj prihvatio kao svoje, te }enog Zakona. podsjetila na to da su prilikom BROJ 289 IHS 28. II. 2001. HRVATSKI SABOR 4 dosada{njih rasprava o HRT-u vo|ene Ubudu}e tri radijska i dva velike diskusije oko tre}eg radijskog • Upravno vije}e imenovao programa (programa kulture), ali da televizijska programa ni u jednom svom tekstu predlagatelj Njegovi amandmani idu za tim da bi osniva~, odnosno Zastup- nije predvidio ukidanje tog programa. Hrvatski radio i ubudu}e ima tri ni~ki dom Hrvatskog sabora. To, me|utim, ne zna~i da taj program mre‘e i tri programa, a Hrvatska tele- To tijelo imenovalo bi i raz- ne}e do‘ivjeti odgovaraju}u preobraz- vizija dva programa i dvije mre‘e na bu. kojima osigurava sve sadr‘aje koje je rje{avalo ravnatelja HRT-a, Napomenula je, tako|er, da su u dosad emitirala. To podrazumijeva i na temelju javnog natje~aja i izradi ovog propisa, ali i teksta koji je regionalne te programe na jezicima uz prethodno mi{ljenje Vije}a i{ao u prvo ~itanje, sudjelovale brojne nacionalnih manjina. stru~ne radne skupine, a poseban Odbor je prvobitno, predvi|ao da bi HRT-a, koje bi, pak, imeno- doprinos dali su stru~njaci Vije}a se HRT, do kraja ove godine, valo glavne urednike Hrvat- Europe i UNESCO-a. razdvojio na dvije ustanove – Hrvat- skog radija i Hrvatske tele- HRT-u status javne ustanove sku televiziju i Hrvatski radio. Priklo- nio se, me|utim, prjedlogu klubova vizije (tako|er na temelju jav- Budu}i da je prvobitno predlo‘eni zastupnika vladaju}e koalicije, da se nog natje~aja i uz prethodnu zakonski tekst prije sjednice Zastup- taj rok produ‘i do 1. srpnja idu}e go- suglasnost Upravnog vije}a). ni~kog doma pretrpio bitne izmjene dine (HRT bi u me|uvremenu bio (predlagatelj je uva‘io amandmane ustrojen kao javna ustanova s dvije Odbora za Ustav, Poslovnik i politi~ki organizacijske jedinice). To bi omo- Amandmanima je, nadalje, razra- sustav te klubova zastupnika {e- gu}ilo da se na temelju stanja u po- |eno da su sva sredstva, prava i obve- storke) u nastavku donosimo izlaga- slovnim knjigama, s danom 31.
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