HSP WON'T SUPPORT HDZ GOVERNMENT - VICE PRESIDENT

ZAGREB, Dec 16 (Hina) - Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) vice president Tonci Tadic said at a news conference in Zadar on Tuesday the HSP would not support Ivo Sanader's government whose purpose, he added, was as "the division of the catch".#L# It is unacceptable for the HSP to support Sanader's government during the upcoming vote in parliament, because that would mean that the HSP is a bought opposition, Tadic said, adding that it was also unacceptable of Sanader to ask opposition parties for a six-month break from criticism, which he said never been granted anyone anywhere. Tadic went on to say that the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) broke all pre-electoral agreements with the HSP. How can Sanader hold talks with right-winger Silvio Berlusconi, who is at the helm of the EU, while at the same time the HSP cannot take part in the executive authority, Tadic wondered. "Also unacceptable for the HSP is the behaviour of some ambassadors to Croatia who directly undermined Croatia's sovereignty with their statements about the detrimental effect of the HSP's participation in the new government," Tadic told the news conference. (Hina) it