ILOK HAS TWO DEPUTY MAYORS

ILOK, July 25 (Hina) - The second deputy mayor of the eastern Croatian town of Ilok was elected on Friday's session of the town council when Pero Bozic of the Serb Democratic Independent Party (SDSS) was named for this post. At the previous session of the town council, SDSS members had insisted that there would be only one deputy mayor and that only an SDSS member assume the post, but on Friday they accepted that Ilok had two deputy mayors and that an SDSS member should take the post along with the other deputy mayor who is a Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) member. Furthermore, Ivan Mrsic, Ivan Matic, Toma Grgic and Slobodan Savic who had been elected into the Ilok Administration at the first session, were on Friday replaced by Velimir Bastajic and Sreten Subotic, both of the SDSS, and by Pero Bozic, whereas the fourth vacant place will be filled by the same party's member at the next session. Thus, the SDSS has six out of 26 mandates in the town council, and four out of 13 places in the administration. Friday's session of the town council also revolved round local issues. (hina) mš 252211 MET jul 97