ZAGREB, Sept 27 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic on Wednesday left Zagreb for Strasbourg, where he is to attend the regular autumn session of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly. Apart from his meetings with the
highest Council of Europe officials, President Mesic will address the Parliamentary Assembly on Thursday. "I will express gratitude for the Council of Europe's monitoring over Croatia being discontinued and I will also address the situation (in Croatia), the pace of the promotion of democratic processes and the functioning of institutions as well as what we are doing to improve the material status of our people. In that sense, I will seek the assistance of the international community," Mesic told reporters at Zagreb airport. Reporters also asked the President to comment on the latest internal topics. "They are just joking," he said when asked to comment on a proposal by the Croatian Democratic Union (H
ZAGREB, Sept 27 (Hina) - Croatian President Stipe Mesic on
Wednesday left Zagreb for Strasbourg, where he is to attend the
regular autumn session of the Council of Europe's Parliamentary
Assembly.
Apart from his meetings with the highest Council of Europe
officials, President Mesic will address the Parliamentary Assembly
on Thursday.
"I will express gratitude for the Council of Europe's monitoring
over Croatia being discontinued and I will also address the
situation (in Croatia), the pace of the promotion of democratic
processes and the functioning of institutions as well as what we are
doing to improve the material status of our people. In that sense, I
will seek the assistance of the international community," Mesic
told reporters at Zagreb airport.
Reporters also asked the President to comment on the latest
internal topics.
"They are just joking," he said when asked to comment on a proposal
by the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) that a parliamentary debate
be held on Mesic's violating the Constitution.
Asked about the proposal by Miroslav Tudjman that Croatia needs a
minority government and that the ruling six-party coalition is
conducting a revolution, Mesic said that "anyone normal knows that
there is no revolution and the only thing happening is the
functioning of institutions of the system."
Commenting on a statement by Interior Minister Sime Lucin that he
was being spied by someone from the Office for National Security
(UNS), Mesic said "I believe it is not the UNS, he (Lucin) probably
suspects that someone has not been working completely in line with
the law."
(hina) rml