RULING HDZ'S SPOKESMAN EXPRESSES SHOCK AT HASELOCK'S STATEMENTS

ZAGREB, Jan 22 (Hina) - A spokesman for the ruling Croatian Democratic Union Party (HDZ) on Friday said upcoming changes include a government reshuffle towards more efficient and cost- effective organisation and performance, and changes among top officials in the Supreme Court and the State Attorney's Office. Spokesman Ivica Ropus also expressed "HDZ's shock" at the statements deputy international High Representative for Bosnia, Simon Haselock, made in an interview to Croatian daily paper "Novi List", statements which no one from the High Representative's Office has yet denied. Ropus quoted some passages from the interview in which Haselock said that "(Croatian) President (Franjo) Tudjman is obstructing the implementation of the Dayton (peace) agreement," that "some of Tudjman's statements call for condemnation," and that "it can rightly be concluded that changes in Bosnia-Herzegovina would also benefit Croatia." Mentioning the Croat member in Bosnia's Presidency, Ante Jelavic, and President Tudjman at the end of the interview, Haselock said, "there is a possibility that all who obstruct the implementation of the Dayton agreement be replaced," Ropus said. He added such statements represented a direct obstruction of the Dayton agreement. They were insulting to Croatia and President Tudjman, and represented interference with another state's internal affairs, Ropus said. He stressed that by making the statements, Haselock was making an impermissible qualification of the performance and role of a state in which he has no authority. (hina) ha jn