ETHNIC SERB MP INSISTS THAT SABOR DISTANCE ITSELF FROM DJAPIC'S STATEMENTS

ZAGREB, Dec 22 (Hina) - A vice-president of the Independent Democratic Serb Party (SDSS) and ethnic Serb MP, Milorad Pupovac, has said he asked the parliament's president, Vladimir Seks, to see that the Sabor distance itself from Sunday's statement by Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) leader Anto Djapic accusing Serb MPs of being "amnestied Chetniks".#L# Speaking in a TV talk show, Djapic labelled SDSS MPs as participants in the organisation of the Serb rebellion against Croatia and mobilisation of Serbs in the Krajina region. Asked to comment on Djapic's allegations during a break in Monday's parliamentary session, Pupovac told reporters that he was going to ask the parliament to distance itself from Djapic's statement "for the sake of protecting the mandate of parliamentary deputies and the dignity of voters and parliament", or three SDSS MPs -- Vojislav Stanimirovic, Ratko Gajica and himself -- would boycott the work of the Sabor. Pupovac went on to say that he had informed the Sabor's president and vice presidents about the request of the Serb deputies. He said that he had received promises that the parliament's presidency would consider the request. Commenting on Djapic's statements, Stanimirovic described them as "lies, imputations and insinuations". "It is not true that I am an amnestied Chetnik. I have not been amnestied because I have never been suspected of anything like that," Stanimirovic said. Djapic told Hina that he had heard that the parliament's presidency would review the video tape of Sunday's talk show. "If they are going to watch it, we can show them also a tape in the HSP's possession and let them see in whose company the gentlemen are, and then we'll see if they are not Chetniks," Djapic said. (Hina) ms sb