KARLOVAC KARLOVAC, July 16 (Hina) - Four parties - SDP, HSS, HNS and LS - in the ruling coalition in the city of Karlovac (50 kilometres south of Zagreb), on Tuesday said they did not consider any more HSLS (Croatian Social Liberal
Party) as their coalition partner at the town level, after Social Liberals unilaterally severed the ties in the coalition and struck up the friendship with the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) at Karlovac County's level.
KARLOVAC, July 16 (Hina) - Four parties - SDP, HSS, HNS and LS - in
the ruling coalition in the city of Karlovac (50 kilometres south of
Zagreb), on Tuesday said they did not consider any more HSLS
(Croatian Social Liberal Party) as their coalition partner at the
town level, after Social Liberals unilaterally severed the ties in
the coalition and struck up the friendship with the Croatian
Democratic Union (HDZ) at Karlovac County's level. #L#
The co-ordination of the four parties: Social Democrat Party (SDP),
Croatian Peasant Party (HSS), Croatian People's Party (HNS) and
Liberal Party (LS) - proposed to Karlovac Mayor to "assess the
latest developments and decide whether it will be useful to have
HSLS members participating in the Karlovac town authorities."
After local elections in 2001, the coalition of five parties (SDP,
HSLS, LS, HSS and HNS) was created on the basis of a programme and
joint interests for the benefit of the city of Karlovac. The
coalition partners unanimously adopted the programme, which has
been implemented in the city for one year, and in which HSLS
obviously is no longer interested, read a statement issued after
Monday's session of the above-mentioned co-ordination.
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