LEADERS OF RULING FIVE PARTIES HOLD THEIR LAST MEETING

ZAGREB, July 5 (Hina) - Presidents of the five parties in the ruling coalition on Friday morning convened in the government's offices to hold their last farewell meeting and mark formally the end of their two-and-a-half-year-long cooperation. #L# Presidents of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS), the Liberal Party (LS) and the Croatian People's Party (HNS), Zlatko Tomcic, Zlatko Kramaric and Vesna Pusic respectively, described the meeting as a sort of civil conversation and the obligation to hold talks regardless of the current difference and relations. They told reporters in front of the government's building that their cooperation in the future would be possible without the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS). There is possibly some model of the future cooperation, and it will be the topic of the talks in the coming days, Tomcic said. The three leaders said they had not talked with Drazen Budisa, whose HSLS party was going out from the coalition, about his conduct in the opposition. Social Democrat (SDP9 President Ivica Racan and Budisa of the HSLS did not appear before reporters. A few weeks ago, the five-party ruling coalition entered yet another crisis, and the latest dispute resulted in the break-up. This affected the government, and PM Racan will tender resignation today. (hina) ms