BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 5154

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 5154 HINA Zagreb 1 December 2003MESIC TO NAME PRIME MINISTER-DESIGNATE ON THURSDAYSPLIT, Dec 1 (Hina) - President Stjepan Mesic told reporters during his visit to Split on Monday that he would name a prime minister-designate on Thursday and that it would most probably be Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leader Ivo Sanader. Asked to comment on the position of foreign ambassadors in Croatia that the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) was not suitable for the government, Mesic said he was against the government being formed under influences from abroad. "The HSP has changed its rhetoric, but its image has remained," he added. Mesic said Croatia needed several election cycles before it could become "a real democracy", and that defections to the victorious party could be expected.TOMCIC SAYS HSS WILL NOT FORM COALITION WITH HDZZAGREB, Dec 1 (Hina) - Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) leader Zlatko Tomcic said on Monday he would recommend that the