BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3178 HINA ZAGREB, FEBRUARY 17

HR-LOWER HOUSE BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3178 HINA ZAGREB, FEBRUARY 17 LOWER HOUSE CONCLUDES DEBATE ON COOPERATION WITH ICTYZAGREB, Feb 17 (Hina) - The Croatian Sabor's House of Representatives on Wednesday concluded a discussion on Croatia's cooperation with The Hague-based International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). A debate on the issue was held some ten days ago and was initiated by parliamentary benches of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP). Both benches will deliver their draft resolution on the cooperation to the Lower House. The HDZ bench with its draft resolution will not demand the discontinuation of cooperation with The Hague tribunal, but will demand for the cooperation to be legally founded and based on what Croatia is signatory to, and not on the tribunal's political selectivity, HDZ bench president Vladimir Seks said. He added the politicisation of the tribunal was especially evident in the