HSS DEMANDS ANNULMENT OF DECISION ON SALE OF SUNCANI HVAR

ZAGREB, Jan 27 (Hina) - The Croatian Peasant Party (HSS), a member of the ruling coalition, has stuck to its demand that the government revoke its decision on the sale of the controlling block of shares in the Suncani Hvar hotel company to Slovenia's Terme Catez. #L# The party's decision was confirmed on Monday evening by the HSS Presidency, party leader Zlatko Tomcic told reporters. The party also demands that the government not accept any of the bids for the purchase of the company, but return the issue of its privatisation to the Croatian Privatisation Fund (HFP) and discuss it only within a new privatisation model, which was recently formulated by the ruling coalition. The HSS also requests establishing the responsibility of officials who adopted the decision on the sale of Suncani Hvar. The final decision on the status of the HSS in the five-member coalition will be made after its coalition partners, the government and the HFP's Supervisory Committee voice their stand on these demands, Tomcic said, without defining any deadlines within which this is to be done. (hina) rml sb