Asked if he was prepared to express solidarity with parliamentary deputies whose privileged pensions are expected to be annulled, Croatian President Ivo Josipovic told reporters on Friday he did not plan to retire once his presidential mandate expired, adding that he was confident that parliament would find a just solution.
Reporters asked the president if he was ready to express solidarity with MPs, following the government's decision on Thursday to move draft amendments to the law on entitlements and responsibilities of deputies to the national parliament, Constitutional Court judges and the Chief State Auditor, paving the way for the annulment of privileged pensions for them and for the introduction of a pension scheme which applies to all other citizens, under the Pension Insurance Act.
The institution of president of the republic is not included in these amendments.
"After my term as president ends, I plan to go back to the University (as a professor), so I do not plan to retire. I am confident that parliament, in whose jurisdiction is the entire pension system, will find a just solution," Josipovic said.
