CROATIAN LOWER HOUSE IN SESSION ( Editorial: --> 2002 )

( Editorial: --> 2002 ) ZAGREB, Nov 19 (Hina) - The Croatian Parliament House of Representatives began a session with question time on Wednesday. Boris Kandare of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) asked the government whether it could gain desirable confidence in the reintegrated areas through the trust establishment national committee if it did not respond strongly to latest terrorist acts in the Danube region. Interior Minister Ivan Penic replied that there were about 1,800 Transitional Police Force (TPF) members in the area, of whom 900 are Croats, 831 Serbs and 100 members of other national minorities. This is a large force, but if it were well managed, incidents like the ones that occurred recently should not have happened, Penic added. Announcing the takeover of the TPF on December 15, Minister Penic said that after that he could guarantee that "there will be no such events or there will be fewer of them." Penic said that he had had to announce his visit to the Croatian southernmost peninsula of Prevlaka to the UN mission before going there. We are doing our best to help complete the UN mandate in Prevlaka, Penic stressed. Later in the day, the House is expected to discuss a report on the work of the Commission for Imprisoned and Missing Persons. On Thursday, deputies will consider amendments to the Croatian Constitution proposed by President Franjo Tudjman. (hina) jn mš 191402 MET nov 97