HSP LEADER TALKS WITH EU MONITORING MISSION OFFICE HEAD

ZAGREB, Dec 2 (Hina) - The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) president, Anto Djapic, on Monday held talks with the head of the Zagreb-based office of the European Union Monitoring Mission, Hans Ewe, on a new electoral law and minorities' rights, the HSP said in a statement. #L# During the long talks, held at Ewe's request, the two exchanged opinions on the new electoral bill and considered Zagreb's relations with the Hague-based UN tribunal and with the EU, read the statement. Concerning the election of minorities' representatives to the parliament, the HSP chief told Ewe that this party regarded minorities' representatives as Croats in the political sense, i.e. that there were citizens of Croatia and therefore, it was also acceptable to elect them from parties' slates. If this is not possible to achieve, the existing legal model is also acceptable, the statement said. Djapic informed Ewe of his stands on the issue regarding General Janko Bobetko, and said he believed that an indictment against him was politically pointless. He reiterated that it was high time that a referendum on Croatia's relation with the ICTY was called. (hina) ms sb