PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN GOVERNMENT-PART TWO

ZAGREB, July 15 (Hina) - The Croatian People's Party (HNS)/Liberal Party (LS) parliamentary bench will support the government which had assumed responsibility to take the county on the path of modern, European and stabile democracy, HNS president Vesna Pusic said in the Croatian parliament on Sunday, during a discussion on a vote of confidence in the government. We are facing an absurd situation and an absurd decision -- should the government respect Croatian laws, Pusic said, stressing that all the government did so far was respect the Constitutional law on cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), adopted in 1996. Crimes were committed and perpetrators must be discovered, and suspects should defend themselves and prove that they are not guilty, Pusic said. The HNS and LS believe that suspects should be tried in Croatia and we will have to take vigorous measures in order to realise that, Pusic stressed. She believes a final list of crimes should be established, and maybe a list of individuals wanted by the ICTY. This way, when every four to five months new indictments are arriving, we are facing instability and crucial economic and social issues are being relegated to a marginal status. (hina) it sb