PERSONNEL CHANGES INSUFFICIENT WITHOUT PROGRAMME CONSENT- SDP

ZAGREB, March 11 (Hina) - The presidency of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) said the coalition parties should sign firm agreements on the government's program before making further changes in its personnel. The presidency warned the SDP president to accept no more departures from the electoral results or the established programme for the work of the government and the coalition, according to a statement issued on Monday after Sunday's session of the SDP presidency. "We would like to try one more time to contribute to the continuation of the coalition's work, but we are no longer prepared to bear the brunt, should the crisis in the coalition and the government continue," party officials Mato Arlovic, Davorko Vidovic and Gordana Sobol said at a press conference. The SDP insists that verbal consent is insufficient. Its presidency says it is necessary to sign full programme consent on priority items discussed at a meeting of the five coalition parties on March 5. In SDP's opinion, personnel changes are not acceptable without full programme consent. The party presidency said it supports the parliamentary democracy system, and cannot accept solutions to the coalition crisis which could lead to domination by party presidents to the detriment of the parliament and government. (hina) it sb