BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO.3787 HINA ZAGREB, 20 OCTOBER 2000

HR-POLITICS-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO.3787 HINA ZAGREB, 20 OCTOBER 2000 RACAN WILLING TO TALK CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS WITH MESICZAGREB, Oct 20 (Hina) - Croatia's Prime Minister Ivica Racan said on Friday he was willing to discuss amendments to the constitution with President Stipe Mesic. "I am willing to meet President Mesic," Racan told reporters after receiving Croatian athletes who won medals at the Sydney Olympics. Mesic had said he would discuss the amendments with the prime minister, but was not specific as to when. Racan said today he would reiterate the government position to turn the semi-presidential system into a parliamentary one. He thinks it is good that the president has come forward with his remarks to an amendments draft, and reminded that it had been moved by parliament's Committee on the Constitution and not by the government.GOVT WILL SOON VOICE STANCE ON DRAFT CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGESZAGREB, Oct 20 (Hina) - Croatian Prime Minister Ivica Ra