CONFIDENCE MOTION TO BE DISCUSSED BY SABOR AFTER 11.00 AM

ZAGREB, July 15 (Hina) - Just 10 minutes after its start, Sunday's session of the Croatian parliament was adjourned for one hour as the bench of the strongest opposition party - the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) - asked for a break. At the beginning of the sitting, Sabor Speaker Zlatko Tomcic said benches of five parties, which make up the ruling coalition, had withdrawn their motion that a single discussion be held on two issues - the motion for confidence in the government and the relations between Croatia and UN war crimes tribunal (ICTY), suggesting that the first topic to be discussed should be the confidence vote. Being notified with this proposal, HDZ parliamentarians protested. HDZ President Ivo Sanader said that on Friday the ruling coalition had insisted that the two issues be discussed together, giving no explanation for such proposal, and now MPs from the ruling parties gave up the proposal, again with no explanation. What is the purpose of this stalling game, wondered Sanader, who supported the idea that the discussions should be held separately, but he asked for a one-hour break for his bench to prepare itself. The sitting was attended by members of a war veteran association called the headquarters for the protection of the Homeland War's dignity. They applauded Sanader's speech, and after that Tomcic politely asked them to follow the continuation of the session without expressing fans' passions. The session is to be resumed at about 11.00 am. (hina) ms