ZAGREB, March 21 (Hina) - The Zagreb City Assembly on Thursday
voted no confidence in Marina Matulovic Dropulic, named mayor of
Zagreb by President Franjo Tudjman, and elected Drazen Budisa of
the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) a new mayor.
Thirty-one councillors voted in favour while 10 councillors of
the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) voted against.
The Assembly also elected two deputy mayors: Vesna Vesligaj of
the Social Democratic Party (SDP) with 31 votes in favour, 11
against and one abstention, and Matija Ocic of the Croatian Peasant
Party (HSS) with 31 votes in favour and 12 against.
Budisa said there was still the possibility of resolving "the
abnormal situation" concerning the election of the Zagreb mayor in
a democratic way.
Noting that his election as the mayor of Zagreb came at the
time when Croatia was recommended for admission to full membership
of the Council of Europe, Budisa called on President Franjo Tudjman
to confirm his election so that "the handover of authority in
Zagreb could be conducted in a democratic way."
Congratulating Budisa on being elected a new mayor, City
Assembly president Zdravko Tomac of the Social Democratic Party
(SDP) said that Budisa was the last mayoral candidate proposed by
the current Assembly.
"Thus we give the opportunity for the handover of power in
Zagreb to be carried out in a civilized and democratic way on the
basis of election results," Tomac said.
Budisa was the fourth mayor to be elected by the Zagreb City
Assembly where the alliance of seven opposition parties had a
majority.
President Tudjman had previously refused to confirm three
mayoral candidates proposed by the opposition and had appointed
Dropulic instead.
But for the second time the City Assembly on Thursday voted no
confidence in Dropulic, with 29 votes from the seven-party
alliance. Thirteen HDZ councillors were against the no-confidence
vote while one Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) councillor abstained.
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