GONG PRESENTS "THESE ARE OUR DEPUTIES" DRIVE

ZAGREB, April 4 (Hina) - The Organised Election Monitoring By Citizens (GONG) association on Tuesday presented a drive called "These Are Our Deputies", which is aimed at acquainting citizens with their deputies and informing them about how they can talk to them. The connection between voters and representatives is not severed once the elections are over but it lasts for the next four years so that deputies could be informed about citizens' problems, GONG officials said. GONG has printed promotional leaflets with the names of deputies from each constituency and the address and phone number of the Croatian National Sabor. GONG executive director Suzana Jasic told reporters today GONG would continue issuing similar leaflets but with the direct numbers of each deputy. GONG will also monitor the implementation of elections for the Zagreb City Assembly, Jasic said, calling on citizens to register with the Zagreb GONG office. Jasic informed reporters about the signing of a petition for keeping Zagreb's Youth Hostel open. Jasic also spoke about accommodation problems the association's branches in Split and Zadar were facing. During the recent election GONG members were able to use the offices granted by the two cities free of charge, but the association continues operating after the elections as well and it cannot pay the rent, Jasic said urging Zadar and Split city authorities to help and provide free use of offices. (hina) rml