BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4556 HINA ZAGREB, MARCH 12

HR-bulletin-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4556 HINA ZAGREB, MARCH 12 MEETING OF COALITION LEADERS ENDSZAGREB, March 12 (Hina) - Leaders of the five ruling coalition parties on Tuesday managed to, at a day-long meeting, reach an agreement on personnel changes. The Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) president, Drazen Budisa, will be entering the government as deputy premier, in charge of internal and foreign affairs. President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and Prime Minister Ivica Racan, Budisa, Liberal Party (LS) president, Zlatko Kramaric, and president of the Croatian Peasant's Party (HSS), Zlatko Tomcic, held a joint press conference after the meeting. HNS president Vesna Pusic was not present at the meeting, since she was in Split at the time. The leaders announced a new meeting of the five parties for Friday to discuss a programme agreement on items of the government's programme. Racan said that all parties expressed wish for the coalition to be preserved. Th