SABOR COMMISSION SUPPORTS DISPLACED VUKOVAR CITIZENS' REQUESTS

ZAGREB, May 18 (Hina) - The Croatian national parliament's commission on Thursday morning supported a request of displaced Vukovar citizens not to be moved out hotels where the have temporary lodgings. Vukovarans, expelled from their homes in that eastern Croatian town when the then Serb-led Yugoslav army overran it in autumn 1991, on Thursday staged a peaceful rally before the Sabor's building in Zagreb protesting against the Government's recent decision to order the displaced persons' movement from hotels where they have been staying "temporarily" for years. Protesters held talks with the Sabor's commission, which was set up this morning to solve this issue. The commission consists of one member of each parliamentary party. We agreed that each case be solved individually, said Mate Granic, the Democratic Centre's (DC) representative in the commission, after the talks. It was also agreed that none should be expelled from the hotel until the person in question or family can return to their reconstructed home or alternative accommodation is provided for them. In case that a hotel should be closed, Vukovarans should receive lodgings at the same level, Granic added. An appeal, displaced Vukovar citizens who are living in hotels forwarded to MPs today read that they did not accept that they may be transferred to disused refugee centres. (hina) jn ms