ZAGREB'S COALITION TO FALL APART IF MESIC IS DISMISSED -- HNS PRESIDENT

ZAGREB, Oct 26 (Hina) - The main committee of the Croatian People's Party (HNS) unanimously decided on Saturday not to remain in coalition with the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Zagreb's city authorities if a HNS member, Miljenko Mesic, the head of the City Bureau for Urban Planning and Environment Protection, is dismissed. #L# At a news conference after the committee session, the party's president, Vesna Pusic, said that it was Miljenko Mesic who pointed out illegalities in the General Urban Plan (GUP) of Zagreb. "The HNS main committee cannon accept that a person who pointed out the irregularities in the functioning of the city administration and some clerks and offices becomes a victim of political dismissals," Pusic said. She expressed hope that the Zagreb coalition would, however, remain intact. Zagreb Mayor Vlasta Pavic (SDP) expressed wish and hope that the coalition will be sustained, Pusic said, and stressed that the request that Mesic be dismissed was not even included in the agenda. "The city assembly in on Tuesday and by then everything will be clear," she said. The GUP was withdrawn from assembly procedure at the end of September because of differences in the final motion as adopted by the city leadership and the final motion sent to the City Assembly, after which the mayor requested that Mesic be dismissed. Pusic said that Mesic warned about the illegality of adopting the GUP and effects of changes which open possibilities for legalising the last story of the Importanne Gallery building which was built without license. (hina) lml