PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE REBUFFS HSP REFERENDUM MOTION

( Editorial: --> 3199 ) ZAGREB, June 23 (Hina) - The Croatian National Parliament will not discuss a Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) motion for a referendum on the return of Serbs, the House of Representative's Committee for the Constitution, Procedural Rules and the Political System decided unanimously on Tuesday. The committee found the motion anti-constitutional. The HSP suggested that the electorate should be asked whether it agreed with the return to Croatia "of persons who opposed the creation of an independent Croatia through armed rebellion or other means". Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) MP Ivan Milas described the motion as "racist" and explained that the referendum would violate the equality of all citizens before the law. (Hina) mro jn /mbr 231944 MET jun 98