MEETING OF SDP, HSS LEADERS UNDER WAY

ZAGREB, Feb 28 (Hina) - The presidents of the Social Democrats (SDP) and Croatian Peasants Party (HSS), Ivica Racan and Zlatko Tomcic respectively, with party delegations, on Friday began a meeting which will go on late into the night. #L# The two party delegations will discuss open issues between SDP and HSS and among parties in the ruling coalition. This is the second meeting of the two strongest coalition parties in the past month and a half. At their first meeting on January 10, the two party leaders discussed privatisation in Croatia and state property management, which was spurred by the privatisation of the Suncani Hvar hotel company. The meeting also focused on the management of stock and ownership shares of the state from the portfolio of the Croatian Privatisation Fund, and the management of all state property which local self-government units and state administration units had not been using. A still open issue is the electoral model, since both parties submitted to parliament different drafts of the electoral law. (hina) lml