CRO LOWER HOUSE APPOINTS COMMISSION FOR MANDATES AND IMMUNITY

ZAGREB, Feb 2 (Hina) - The Croatian National Sabor's House of Representatives at its first, constituent session will state its opinion on about 20 items, MPs decided on Wednesday. The Lower House appointed the Commission for Mandates and Immunity. The Commission is to prepare a report on the recently implemented parliamentary elections as well as names of elected representatives. The president of the Commission is Milanka Opacic, and vice president is Darko Santic. Members of the Commission are Gordana Sobol, Mladen Godek, Nevio Setic and Boris Kandare. At the beginning of a discussion on the agenda, representatives of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) said that in their opinion, the Lower House had not yet been constituted, adding that this should be done before making the agenda. The temporary chairman of the Lower House, the oldest representative in the parliament Josip Torbar of the Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) overruled the objections as unfounded. Torbar said that the House was constituted and was capable of passing decisions. At its first session, the Lower House will decide on three items from the agenda by urgent procedure, namely a bill on amendments to the law on the Government, scope of activities of ministries and the organisation of the state administration. (hina) it