HSP'S CHIEF TASK TO FOLLOW NEW GOVERNMENT'S WORK- SAYS DJAPIC

ZAGREB, Jan 5 (Hina) - The president of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) on Wednesday told reporters the victory of the SDP/HSLS coalition at recent parliamentary elections was "the people's plebiscite against the rule of the HDZ." HSP's Anto Djapic called on small right-wing parties to apologise for "the irresponsible and unserious running at elections," and to retire from politics and turn to the HSP. "Small right-wing parties who ran at the elections broke Croatia's right-wing, and they are the ones responsible for preventing HSP candidates to enter parliament in those constituencies in which the party was on the verge of the electoral threshold," said Djapic. At the January 3 parliamentary elections, HSP's coalition with the Croatian Christian Democratic Union won five seats in the House of Representatives. Speaking about HSP's principal task in the upcoming period, Djapic said the party would follow the work of the new government, of which it expects to efficiently use the 100-day grace period and fulfil its pre-electoral promises. Djapic said he believes at the January 24 presidential elections, voters, despite forecasts, will choose a right-wing candidate. (hina) ha mm