SABOR WILL DISCUSS CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN JUNE

ZAGREB, June 2 (Hina) - Croatia's ruling six-party coalition met on Friday in order to adopt measures aimed at improving its operation, Prime Minister Ivica Racan said after the meeting of the six parties' presidents and the heads of their parliamentary benches. Racan did not want to give any details about the agreed measures because "it is pointless to discuss those measures if they are not implemented." It was concluded at the meeting that the draft constitutional changes drawn up by a coalition's working group be forwarded to the Sabor in June so as to enable changes to the Constitution in September, once the concept of constitutional changes is adopted. Sabor President Zlatko Tomcic confirmed that parliament would discuss the draft constitutional changes proposed by the coalition as early as June, and that the coalition's working group and that of the President of the Republic would probably merge. Tomcic expects that a joint draft on constitutional changes would probably be forwarded to the Sabor in June despite the fact that the two groups have different proposals regarding the dissolution of the House of Counties. Racan assessed that the proposal of the six party coalition would probably not include changes to the organisation of the Croatian National Parliament. (hina) mm rml