SOME OPPOSITION PARTIES SUPPORT GOVERNMENT'S DECISION

ZAGREB, Sept 20 (Hina) - Representatives of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), Democratic Centre (DC), Croatian Bloc (HB) and Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) at a press conference in the Croatian parliament welcomed the government's decision to send back the UN tribunal's indictment against General Bobetko to The Hague. #L# HSLS vice president Josko Kontic welcomed the government's decision and stated that the government should once again inspect the indictments against Ante Gotovina and Rahim Ademi which also degraded the Croatian Constitution and the entire project of creating the Croatian State, Kontic said. DC president Mate Granic said the government should work with the opposition to agree to changes to the constitutional law so that the Supreme Court could give a final opinion on whether an indictment falls within the Statute and Regulations of the Hague Tribunal. DC leader believes that the government should not let an opportunity pass by to obtain political consensus and to immediately begin lobbying in the USA, the EU, Russia, China and the UN and to explain its latest moves. Any future decision should be founded on international law and should be very clear, he said. President of the Croatian Bloc, Ivic Pasalic, stated that the example of General Bobetko made it obvious that the government had a constitutional and legal opportunity to return indictments. I welcome the government's decision on this matter and we should reach a general national consensus because this does not only refer to General Bobetko but the Homeland War and the foundations on which the Croatian State was created. The HSP leader, Anto Djapic, said the government's decision to return the indictment to the Hague Court, was great news. The government is behaving responsibly and has ensured a time out to reach consensus with the aim of rejecting any ridiculing or attacks on the Croatian State, Djapic said. (hina) sp