RACAN: TOMAC IS DEBATING WITH HIMSELF

ZAGREB, Dec 9 (Hina) - "If it is true that Tomac said what he said, I regret it, because he is debating with himself," Prime Minister and Social Democrats' leader Ivica Racan said on Monday, commenting on Social Democrat Zdravko Tomac's statement that late Croatian President Franjo Tudjman's policy towards Bosnia-Herzegovina was right. #L# "The SDP and I strongly criticised the HDZ and Tudjman's policy towards Bosnia-Herzegovina," Racan told reporters after meeting representatives of the ruling coalition. Racan said that he had had the opportunity to personally tell Tudjman that he disagreed with his policy, adding that he saw no reason to change his stand. "If it is true that Tomac said what he said, I regret it, because Tomac is debating with himself since for a long time he had supported the views which the SDP still supports," Racan said. He added that the SDP, as a democratic party, would decide how to "cope with such differences". (hina) rml sb