Lower house moves to give Supreme Audit Office greater powers

The lower house of Parliament has approved a bill which would give the Supreme Audit Office greater powers. According to the proposed amendment the office would in future be able to look into the financing of local and regional administrations, state funds, health insurance companies, public schools and companies in which the state is a majority shareholder. Up till until now the Supreme Audit Office could only check up on state property management and state budget expenditures. The bill will now be debated in the Senate.