PARLIAMENT SESSION ON RELATIONS WITH ICTY POSTPONED UNTIL 15.00HRS

ZAGREB, July 13 (Hina) - The beginning of a parliament session on relations between Croatia and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on the occasion of two sealed indictments from The Hague, scheduled to be held behind closed doors at 13.00 hours Friday, is postponed until 15.00 hours. Parliament speaker Zlatko Tomcic told Hina "consultations have not yet been completed", without going into detail. The session was called at the request of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) parliamentary bench, which demanded that government representatives inform the parliament of the context of the Hague indictments, namely whether they include unacceptable political qualifications of the nature of the Homeland Defence War. Several parliamentary benches, including the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) and the HDZ, said they would demand that the letter of complaints, which Prime Minister Racan forwarded to the Tribunal, be read to the MPs. HDZ representatives decided not to attend the session because it will be held behind closed doors. They stressed the relations with The Hague were very important, thus the discussion should be public. Prime Minister Racan visited speaker Tomcic this morning, after which he left the parliament. Before the beginning of the session, the temperature in the parliament increased. According to the number of MPs who registered to participate in the discussion, the session could last until early Saturday morning. (hina) it sb