BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4127 HINA ZAGREB, 26 SEPTEMBER, 2001

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4127 HINA ZAGREB, 26 SEPTEMBER, 2001 CROATIAN PARLIAMENT DISCUSSES ASSOCIATION BILLZAGREB, Sept 26 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament ended a discussion on the association bill Wednesday, as well as the bill on the government's competence under which it would be able to regulate certain issues from the parliament's scope of activities. The final text of the new association bill, which was submitted by the government, was supported by the majority of MPs, and it was assessed to be more democratic and more liberal, but with numerous amendments. Considering that the government must voice its opinion on 56 submitted amendments, the voting is delayed until Friday. The bill on the government's competence to regulate certain issues from the parliament's scope of activities in the next year was supported by parliamentary benches of the Croatian Peasants Party (HSS), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and the Croatian Social Liberal Party (H