OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONSENSUS BETWEEN HDZ AND OPPOSITION GO DOWN DRAIN - JAKOVCIC

ZAGREB, Oct 27 (Hina) - Coordinator of the Opposition Six Ivan Jakovcic on Wednesday said that all opportunities for reaching consensus on the electoral legislature package between the ruling Croatian Democratic Union and the Opposition Six have gone down the drain. The reason for that is President Tudjman failure to answer to the Opposition six, Jakovcic told reporters ahead of today's session of the Croatian National Sabor's House of Representatives. At a meeting held on Monday, heads of the Opposition Six said that President Tudjman gave an unclear answer to a question on recognising electoral results in an interview with foreign reporters. The Opposition forwarded a request to President Tudjman to voice his opinion on the subject clearly by Wednesday. Jakovcic said it was obvious that the Croatian President claimed the right to the interpretation of the electoral will of Croatian citizens, adding that this was the reason that all possibilities for reaching consensus on the electoral law package went down the drain. He stressed that presidents of the six parties of the Croatian Opposition believed that such development of events decreased chances for fair and free elections. (hina) it mm