CROATIAN PEASANTS' PARTY INSISTS ON NEW PRIVATISATION STRATEGY

ZAGREB, Oct 9 (Hina)- Zlatko Tomcic, president of the Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) on Wednesday stated that the HSS is not satisfied with the way the issue of privatisation is being treated within the ruling coalition. He further stated that HSS would call for the adoption of a new strategy and a joint meeting with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) so that their attitudes to any further privatisation could be brought closer together. #L# HSS has a clear attitude how and with whom to head privatisation, Tomcic said following a meeting of the party's presidency. He told journalists that the HSS never proposed one of their own members to head the Croatian Privatisation Fund but believes that with regard to the actual circumstances, that position should be assigned to a HSS man. This party's concept is not to back down from privatisation and state capitalism as has been speculated in the media and the public lately, Tomcic said. He believes that it is high time that the most influential Croatian political parties concentrated on the issue of privatisation because it was often neglected in favour of some other general political issues. (hina) sp sb