OPPOSTION SIX DISCONTINUES TALKS WITH RULING HDZ

ZAGREB, June 9 (Hina) - Six parties of the Croatian Opposition on Wednesday assessed it was necessary to discontinue all further talks with the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), until they receive relevant information on the arrest of a former Justice Minister and head of the Croatian Intelligence Service, Miroslav Separovic, coordinator of the Opposition Six Radimir Cacic said. This means that a meeting between Vladimir Seks of the HDZ and representatives of the Opposition Six, scheduled for today six o'clock, is cancelled. An electoral law and other issues regarding the parliamentary elections should have been discussed at the talks. The opposition was flabbergasted by the news on Separovic's arrest, Cacic said in the Croatian National Sabor at the meeting between the six opposition parties, the Social Democratic Party, the Croatian Peasants' Party, the Croatian Social Liberal Party, the Istrian Democratic Assembly, the Liberal Party, and the Croatian People's Party. According to Cacic, the Opposition Six will hold a press conference on Thursday. The conference will address Opposition's demand to have a public debate on the work of intelligence services as well as Opposition's conclusions on politically motivated violence. (hina) it