CROATIAN PARTY OF RIGHTS COMMENTS ON TOPICAL ISSUES

NOVSKA, March 1 (Hina) - The president of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) said on Saturday this opposition party supported in principle an electoral bill moved by the Social Democrats (SDP) because the HSP had proposed such a bill back in 1999. #L# "What bothers us in the SDP bill is the dual voting right for national minorities and the impossibility for the diaspora to vote," Anto Djapic told a news conference. He said the HSP would propose that Croatian citizens residing outside the country be enabled to vote by correspondence. "The political and economic situation in Croatia is extremely complex and threatens with social unrest," Djapic said, adding the way out was in new parliamentary elections because the incumbent government "is not capable of resolving internal and foreign policy issues". Djapic said the current authorities should stop with further privatisation processes. The HSP is not against privatisation but maintains it should be done by "persons who haven't compromised themselves," he said. Speaking about changes to the Labour Act, Djapic said debating them in parliament would have sense only if the social partners -- government, unions, employers -- reached an agreement on the principles of solidarity, fairness and the dignity of Croatia's workers. As for the Iraqi crisis, Djapic said the HSP maintained the war against Iraq was not Croatia's war, that it was not a war against international terror, and that support to a U.S. attack made Croatia partly responsible. (hina) ha