HDZ MAIN COMMITTEE TO HOLD SESSION SATURDAY

ZAGREB, June 25 (Hina) - The Main Committee of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) will hold a session on Saturday, June 26. Croatian President and president of the HDZ, Franjo Tudjman, will hold an introductory speech on the theme of "Historic Achievements and HDZ's Future Role". "We hope the session of the Main Committee will spur a new enthusiasm and greater mobility within the HDZ, and that this will be an impetus to all officials and organisations of the HDZ to use the remaining half a year until elections, to invest efforts into solving the problems of Croatian citizens and maintain the trust the voters have shown them in the past ten years," HDZ main secretary Drago Krpina told Friday's news conference. He said a working meeting would be initiated at the session to draft an election programme and a proposal for the organisation of the electoral headquarters, which will be adopted at the HDZ Main Committee session in September. Saturday's session of the Main Committee and all bodies of the HDZ will include a ceremony to mark the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the HDZ. Following the addressed of some 20 senior state and party officials, the participants of the session will discuss the most important issues facing the Croatian society and citizens. Conclusions are expected to be adopted which will encompass all HDZ bodies, and the final speech will be given by President Tudjman. The session will be attended by about two or three thousand participants -- members of the main committee, HDZ Parliament members, members of the Government, members of the party's main secretariat, deputies and assistants to ministers. Attending as guests will also be representatives of Opposition parties, foreign parties whose programmes are similar to those of the HDZ such as Germany's CDU and CSU, Hungary's Fides, Macedonian VMRO and others. Present will also be numerous ambassadors accredited in Croatia, Krpina said. (hina) lml jn