ZAGREB, 25 Jan 2022 - Members of parliament were agreed on the need to protect people reporting irregularities during a debate on a bill on the protection of whistleblowers on Tuesday, with opposition MPs citing the most famous whistleblowers and their fate.

What in reality happens to whistleblowers is best evidenced by the cover of the Nacional weekly, said MP Dalija Orešković, a reference to Maja Đerek, a former employee of the State Property Agency, who spoke up about irregularities at the agency.

"That case indicates serious breaches of office... by a number of senior state officials, starting from Minister (of the Interior Davor) Božinović, (PM's chief of staff Zvonimir) Frka Petešić, and the head of the State Property Agency," Orešković said, telling Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković that he was not mentioned in a positive context in the Nacional article either.

"If Nacional's allegations are true, we are witnessing a realised conflict of interest due to which, if state bodies had the will, the entire government should fall," she said.

Bridge MP Marin Miletić said even though the relevant legislation was good, in terms of protection of whistleblowers, there was chaos on the ground.

A number of whistleblowers have reported irregularities and ended up jobless, he said, noting that Croatia loses HRK 60 billion a year to corruption.

He called on Justice and Public Administration Minister Ivan Malenica to protect whistle-blowers.

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