PRESIDENT MESIC MEETS OPPOSITION PARLIAMENTARY PARTIES' REPS

ZAGREB, June 5 (Hina) - After he recently received delegations of the ruling six-party coalition, Croatian President Stjepan Mesic on Monday held talks with representatives of opposition parliamentary parties: HDZ, DC and HSP. They considered current political issues such as proposals for constitutional changes and procedures in the take-over of state offices. The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leader, Ivo Sanader, announced that during tomorrow's session of the party's presidency, the HDZ would establish its own commission for drafting constitutional changes. According to unofficial information, the HDZ delegation talked with President Mesic about transcripts which "are coming" out of the President Mesic's office and that they had agreed on regulating the matter in detail. The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) leader, Anto Djapic, said he had warned President Mesic that the recently-adopted Reconstruction Law equalised the rights of those who had destroyed Croatia and those who had defended it. Djapic is sceptical about the President's statement that the international community is intending to offer stronger support to the general return. The Democratic Centre (DC) leader Mate Granic said they had submitted to Mesic an initiative for the adoption of a law on the state services which may clearly define what ensues after the changes in authorities. We also proposed that President Mesic set up a multiparty and multi- ethnic working group, the task of which will be to help build confidence in the areas of the special state concern, Granic added. (hina) jn ms