'VJESNIK' EDITOR WHO WITHDREW RESIGNATION EXPLAINS HIS DECISION

ZAGREB, Aug 10 (Hina) - Zlatko Herljevic, foreign editor of the Zagreb-based daily 'Vjesnik', who submitted his resignation with other five editors on Wednesday, told Hina on Thursday afternoon he was withdrawing his resignation because it had been motivated "solely by my honourable intention not to agree with an article which is inappropriate for 'Vjesnik'". Herljevic dismissed claims in some dailies which, he said, put him in the context of the 'rebellious six' which wanted to replace editor-in-chief Igor Mandic, or, even worse, the (group of) 'six' whom the former Vjesnik editor-in-chief Nenad Ivankovic had, in a 'gentlemen's agreement' left to Mandic on condition that they kept their posts. Herljevic is the only of the six Vjesnik editors to withdraw his resignation of Wednesday. The other five editors will stick to their decisions because, they said, editor-in-chief Mandic did not take into account their opinion that the daily should not publish a commentary by a part time reporter, Kresimir Dujmovic, on Zagreb Archbishop Josip Bozanic's visit to the Serb Orthodox Church. The resigned editors believed the commentary was insulting for both churches. (hina) rml