SABOR COMMITTEE AGAINST HDZ MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE IN PM AND MINISTERS

ZAGREB, Oct 13 (Hina) - The Croatian parliamentary internal policy and national security committee will propose to the House of Representatives not to accept the motion of the strongest opposition party - HDZ - on the vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Ivica Racan and two ministers. The committee on Friday considered the Croatian Democratic Union's (HDZ) proposal that the lower house should cast a vote of confidence in Premier Racan and ministers of interior affairs and war veterans - Sime Lucin and Ivica Pancic respectively. HDZ regarded that following the apprehension of war crimes suspects, Racan prejudged their guilt, and this party was also dissatisfied with some statements given by Ministers Pancic and Lucin as well as with the conduct of their ministries. The parliamentary committee's head, Ivan Ninic, said the committee regarded that Racan had fulfilled his obligations and that he conveyed a clear messages, in his statements, saying that it was about the arrest of war crimes suspects. The committee has several times discussed the work of the Interior Ministry and concluded that all operations of apprehension were in line with law, Ninic said after today's session of the committee. It supported the Government's stand viewing Minister Pancic's work as good, Ninic added. (hina) jn ms