FOUR PARTIES OF CROATIAN OPPOSITION SIGN AGREEMENT

ZAGREB, Sept 29 (Hina) - Presidents of four parliamentary opposition parties, Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS), the Liberal Party (LS), the Croatian People's Party (HNS), and Istrian Democratic Assembly (IDS), on Wednesday signed an agreement on pre- electoral, electoral, and post-electoral cooperation at the upcoming elections. The agreement was signed by president of the HSS Zlatko Tomcic, LS president Vlado Gotovac, HNS President Radimir Cacic, and IDS president Ivan Jakovcic. This is the second coalition within the opposition six. According to the agreement, the four parties will run at the elections with a joint list. Also, the agreement read that commissions in electoral units would pass decisions on the representation of parties and the order of candidates on the joint list, in line with following criteria; so far electoral results of an individual party at parliamentary and local elections, the foresight of electoral results at parliamentary elections in line with public researches, the development of party infrastructure in certain parts of electoral units, as well as the representation of a party in the representative bodies of local government and self-government units. The four president share a standpoint that the signed agreement is of a historical meaning for the future democratic and overall political development of Croatia. (hina) it jn