HSLS CALLS ON GOVT. TO ACCEPT DOCTORS UNION'S COMPROMISE

ZAGREB, Jan 17 (Hina) - The Croatian Social Liberal Party urges the government to accept the compromise solution offered by the Doctors' Union because it considers it a solid basis for an agreement and cessation of the strike, party leader Drazen Budisa told reporters on Friday. #L# Commenting on Croatia's dispute with Slovenia about the jointly- owned Krsko nuclear power plant, Budisa said pre-arbitration proceedings should be initiated. Vice-Premier Slavko Linic's recent visit to Slovenia was a wrong diplomatic step because his reaction to the issue of Ljubljanska Bank's debt to Croatian depositors should have been clearer and more determined, Budisa said. Budisa said that his party's bench in parliament would suggest initiating procedure to urgently change the Law on the Confidentiality of Data and the Law on the Identification Card and discontinue the issuing of new ID cards. A party deputy in parliament, Zeljko Glavan, warned that the removal of the personal identification number from ID cards would cause problems in payment transactions and cost almost a billion US dollars, which would have to be covered by tax-payers. Glavan also criticised the government for making moves which he said would have far-reaching consequences, such as the sale of big corporations (the privatisation of the oil company INA). (hina) rml