ZAGREB, Feb 8 (Hina) - Government ministers from the ranks of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) will have the opportunity to speak about their results before the party's Governing Council, which will analyse their performance
without any hard feelings, anger or currying favour with anybody, HSLS vice-presidents Djurdja Adlesic, Ivan Cehok and Branko Levacic said on Friday. The HSLS ministers will tomorrow be invited to a session of the Governing Council to speak about their results, the party officials said. Adlesic said the party would also define criteria for the assessment of the ministers' performance, which did not exist when they were appointed. She reminded that the Governing Council and another senior body were yet to be established, which was why the party had not decided about the ministers' fate yet. Adlesic and Cehok claim there are no defeated or win
ZAGREB, Feb 8 (Hina) - Government ministers from the ranks of the
Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) will have the opportunity to
speak about their results before the party's Governing Council,
which will analyse their performance without any hard feelings,
anger or currying favour with anybody, HSLS vice-presidents
Djurdja Adlesic, Ivan Cehok and Branko Levacic said on Friday.
The HSLS ministers will tomorrow be invited to a session of the
Governing Council to speak about their results, the party officials
said.
Adlesic said the party would also define criteria for the
assessment of the ministers' performance, which did not exist when
they were appointed.
She reminded that the Governing Council and another senior body
were yet to be established, which was why the party had not decided
about the ministers' fate yet.
Adlesic and Cehok claim there are no defeated or winners in the
party and dismiss reports about a conflict between party president
Drazen Budisa and party members who think differently.
Levacic believes that the party must not allow to be blackmailed by
anyone, including its own members, even if they are ministers.
The ministers' making public statements before the party has
decided about their fate is an attempt to cause internal division,
Levacic said, accusing the Social Democratic Party (SDP) of
attempting to implement such a policy. Some decisions, for example
the one on the state border, were adopted without the HSLS, Levacic
said.
The unemployment figure of almost 420,000 should prompt all parties
to re-evaluate the government's performance, he said.
Unemployment, new loans and the sale of property indicate that some
parts of the government are not functioning as they should, he
said.
Cehok believes that Croatia lacks the experience of coalition
decision-making and adds that no one in a coalition is
irreplaceable.
Commenting on the possibility for the five HSLS ministers to become
parliament deputies and for the HSLS parliamentary bench to split
in two, Cehok said one should fight against the principle of
collectivism.
The party vice-presidents dismiss claims that the party is blocking
the work of the government. The HSLS is the last to attempt such a
thing, it wants a quality coalition and government, Adlesic said.
The party vice-presidents did not want to comment on media claims
that Budisa had offered First Deputy Prime Minister Goran Granic
the position of head of Prime Minister Ivica Racan's cabinet,
referring reporters to Budisa for comment.
They also claim that Budisa has advised Economy Minister Goranko
Fizulic not to postpone his visit to the United States because party
interests cannot be above state interests and suggested reporters
should ask Fizulic why he decided not to go.
(hina) rml