'OPPOSITION SIX' CONCERNED ABOUT TUDJMAN'S STATEMENT

ZAGREB, Oct 20 (Hina) - Parties making up Croatia's Opposition Six group on Wednesday voiced grave concern with a statement Croatian President Franjo Tudjman made to the foreign press on 18 October when, they claim, he avoided giving an answer to the question whether he would respect electoral results and appoint a premier from the opposition. Reading an Opposition Six public statement, coordinator Ivan Jakovcic said Tudjman's claim once again confirmed the opposition's suspicion that he will not accept the results of the impending parliamentary elections. In every democratic state, the parliamentary majority is entrusted with the mandate to compose the new government, Jakovcic said, and added that no individual's arbitrariness must prevented this. Our efforts are directed at making Croatia a modern European country, and we believe we enjoy in this the support of the majority of Croatia's population, he said. Representatives of the parliamentary benches of the parties making up the Opposition Six convened today after assessing that President Tudjman's statement, an the entire interview, had met with a strong reaction in the domestic and international public, Jakovcic said. The Opposition Six includes the Istrian Democratic Assembly, the Social Democratic Party, the Liberal Party, the Croatian Social Liberal Party, the Croatian Peasants' Party, and the Croatian People's Party. (hina) ha mm