TOMCIC SAYS HSS WILL NOT FORM COALITION WITH HDZ

ZAGREB, Dec 1 (Hina) - Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) leader Zlatko Tomcic said on Monday he would recommend that the party's presidency decide against participating in a coalition government led by the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). #L# Tomcic, however, said he would also recommend at a session of the HSS presidency scheduled for Tuesday that the HSS support the formation of a minority or majority government with HDZ leader Ivo Sanader as the most likely prime minister-designate. "The fact that we have ten representatives in parliament does not give us the right to have a substantial influence on the policy of the new government," the HSS president said at a press conference. Tomcic said he had notified Sanader of this decision. (hina) vm sb