LJUBLJANA, July 3 (Hina) - Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek on Wednesday stated that the move by the Croatian parliament to ratify the agreement on the Krsko nuclear power plant did not rule out the option that Slovenia may
still purchase Croatia's share of that plant.
LJUBLJANA, July 3 (Hina) - Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Drnovsek
on Wednesday stated that the move by the Croatian parliament to
ratify the agreement on the Krsko nuclear power plant did not rule
out the option that Slovenia may still purchase Croatia's share of
that plant. #L#
Two options are possible - either to wait for the ruling by the
Constitutional Court and to continue with the ratification of the
agreement by all coalition parties in the parliament, or we may
purchase Croatia's share of the plant. This has not been made
impossible with the ratification of the agreement on Croatia's
part, Drnovsek said for the Ljubljana "Delo" daily.
Drnovsek said that the Croatian parliament in fact was too late with
the ratification of the agreement and so further harmonising of the
agreement would be needed before it was confirmed in Slovenia's
parliament.
The decision by the parliament to in fact ratify the agreement is a
manoeuvre by Prime Minister Racan who utilised the document to have
it out with his deputy, Drazen Budisa, "Delo's" commentator said.
With the ratification, Budisa was given a clear signal that he
wasn't welcome in that government and that issue will not in fact
de-blockade the government and it will sink into a deeper crisis
which will end in an early election in the autumn. This could bring
the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) back into power. Racan chose
the most elegant way to deal with his deputy even though Racan
himself has shown not to be mature enough to lead the country out of
the crisis, the Delo commentator writes.
(hina) sp