OPPOSITION CRITICISES RULING PARTY REP'S MOTION FOR ELECTION TALKS

ZAGREB, May 10 (Hina) - Representatives of a group of six Croatian opposition parties on Monday criticised a motion made by the president of the ruling party's parliamentary bench to have parliamentary parties' representatives meet somewhere outside Zagreb and stay in session until a consensus was reached regarding a new electoral law. The ruling Croatian Democratic Union's (HDZ) Vladimir Seks on Friday sent a letter with this proposal to the Opposition Six in reply to opposition coordinator Luka Trconic's request to have the HDZ submit, before talks resumed, its stand in writing on the proposals presented by the presidents of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and the Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) during their talks with Croatian and HDZ President Franjo Tudjman. Representatives of the HSLS, the SDP, the Liberal Party, and the HSS are contrary to a possible cessation of talks on the new electoral law. They are also contrary to the possibility that the next elections be scheduled between Christmas and the New Year, given the possibility that election day be a holiday. The opposition's Trconic said on Monday Seks' letter had not solved the contentious situation which resulted from the different interpretations the opposition and Seks gave of HSLS and SDP leaders' talks with President Tudjman. (hina) ha jn