ZAGREB, Nov 27 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said on Thursday he felt it was possible to reach an agreement on a good government, and dismissed speculation about new elections.
ZAGREB, Nov 27 (Hina) - Croatian President Stjepan Mesic said on
Thursday he felt it was possible to reach an agreement on a good
government, and dismissed speculation about new elections. #L#
"I see no reason to call new elections. I think it's possible to
reach an agreement on a good government," he told reporters who
asked him to comment on speculation that he would call new elections
if negotiations on the formation of the new government took too
long.
"Contacts have been made, we're holding talks, I'm following how
consultations are progressing. I feel they are a little too slow,
but they are going nevertheless," he said.
The President reiterated that he had held talks with Croatian
Democratic Union leader Ivo Sanader, current Prime Minister Ivica
Racan (Social Democrats), and Croatian People's Party leader Vesna
Pusic.
Mesic spoke to the media at Opera Hotel, at the First Croatian
Congress of Preventive Medicine and Health Advancement.
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