CRO WORKERS' ALLIANCE RESUMES WORK IN CROATIA, IVEKOVIC ITS LEADER

SPLIT, Oct 16 (Hina) - Mario Ivekovic, the Zagreb commissioner of the Association of Croatian Independent Trade Unions (HSS), on Saturday was elected as the President of the Croatian Workers' Alliance (HRS). After being active abroad for 8 years, the HRS resumed its work Croatia on Saturday, when the Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS) organised its renewal and election assembly in the southern coastal city of Split. First tasks of the HRS will be to establish a net of Croatian workers' solidarity which should cover all interested in changes and improvement of workers' position, to prepare expert programmes for companies in trouble and find money for investments, Ivekovic said. "Most citizens want changes, but they will not happen if we only change the ruling party. The real changes are possible only if everybody strengthens their own positions with the assistance of labour unions, peasants' and workers' societies and non- governmental organisations. Thus one should increase pressure on every authority, as ruling rather than the well-being of people is the primary goal of each (political) party," Ivekovic said citing his candidacy for the HRS leader. There was no other candidate for this post. Over 700 deputies attended the Split assembly, and just one of them voted against Ivekovic. (hina) ms