HDZ OFFICIALS MEET HDZ REPRESENTATIVES FROM ABROAD

ZAGREB, June 27 (Hina) - The final election draft of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) will support special parliamentary representation of the Croatian Diaspora, HDZ main secretary Drago Krpina said at a meeting between party officials and representatives of the HDZ coordination from abroad on Sunday. Present at the meeting, among other participants, were Vladimir Seks, Jure Radic, Ivo Sanader and Ante Beljo. Representation of Croatian emigrants in the Sabor will depend on their turnout at the upcoming elections for the House of Representatives, Krpina said. According to him, the main reason for the low turnout of emigrants at the last elections was the fact that many of them could not come to Croatia. That is why he believed the emigrants' proposal that they be allowed to participate in a postal vote was sensible. Asked why the Ministry of Return and Immigration had been abolished, Krpina said it had not been abolished but rather merged with the Ministry of Development and Reconstruction, which would help facilitate the resolution of the emigrants' problems. Representatives of Croatian emigrants said problems in the banking system were one of the main obstacles to their return. We will persevere in establishing where the money from banks had gone, Krpina said, adding that tax payers who participated in the rehabilitation of banks had the right to know where the money from those banks had gone. (hina) rml