SABOR SPEAKER: INCUMBENT AUTHORITIES HAVE NO ALTERNATIVE

ZAGREB, July 19 (Hina) - There is no doubt that relations between six parties (constituting the six-party Coalition Government) are more unstable in comparison to the situation six months ago, but the ruling six-party coalition is stable, it is functioning and will live to see this autumn and very likely a few coming autumns, Sabor Speaker Zlatko Tomcic said on Wednesday. In an interview to Hina and the Croatian Radio, the Croatian national parliament's head reiterated that the incumbent Government had no alternative. I am confident that at the moment the current authorities have no alternative and it would be an irresponsible experiment of anybody who would try to disturb the stable functioning of the six-party coalition, namely of the Sabor and the Government, Tomcic said adding that such a person would assume a huge risk of thwarting all reforms the incumbent Government has launched. I do not know who can take over such risk, but I believe that there are no such irresponsible persons within the six-party coalition, the Sabor Speaker said, commenting on the relations inside the ruling coalition. He admitted that it was the fault of the coalition when it allowed that some information on their misunderstandings and thorny issues had poured into the public, although such issues were marginal. (hina) mm ms