ZAGREB, Nov 26 (Hina) - From this moment You are replacing Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, and to this effect I hand You this document, Croatian Premier Zlatko Matesa told parliament president Vlatko Pavletic at 1.05 p.m. on
Friday. The document makes Pavletic acting President of the Republic for the duration of the temporary disability of President Tudjman to perform his duties.
ZAGREB, Nov 26 (Hina) - From this moment You are replacing Croatian
President Franjo Tudjman, and to this effect I hand You this
document, Croatian Premier Zlatko Matesa told parliament president
Vlatko Pavletic at 1.05 p.m. on Friday.
The document makes Pavletic acting President of the Republic for
the duration of the temporary disability of President Tudjman to
perform his duties.#L#
Pavletic promised he would do everything to prevent discontinuity
in the functioning of state institutions, or, he said, anything
which could bring into question a peaceful passage into the
impending electoral period.
The parliamentary elections must be democratic and indisputable,
Pavletic asserted.
Matesa presented Pavletic with the document making the latter
acting President of the Republic following today's Constitutional
Court decision which established Tudjman's temporary disability to
perform his duties.
President Tudjman has been undergoing medical treatment since 1
November.
In attendance were also parliament vice presidents Vladimir Seks
and Zarko Domljan, President Tudjman's Chief-Of-Staff Ivica
Kostovic, and the keeper of the state seal, Ivan Milas.
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