OLUJIC HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE AHEAD OF SUNDAY REFERENDUMS

ZAGREB, May 31 (Hina) - The president of the Croatian government commission for referendums, Krunislav Olujic, held a press conference in Zagreb on Friday ahead of ten advisory referendums that would be held in four counties on Sunday. The government had called referendums to gauge public opinion on the future territorial setup of local government units. Olujic said that the referendums would take place at a total of 1,516 polling stations which would be open from 7 am to 7 pm on Sunday. The total number of people entitled to vote is 950,051. Polling committees are required to send the referendum results to the government commission by June 4 at 19.00 hours. The referendums will be overseen by the government commission and the Constitutional Court. Olujic said that it was very likely that the cost of the referendums would be lower than 5.5 million kuna (DM 1.5 million), which was the amount the government had earmarked for their holding. Residents of Zagreb County will show whether they want the City of Zagreb to be separated from the County. If so, the City would form one territorial unit and its surroundings another. Residents of the town of Nasice, the municipalities of Djurdjenovac, Fericanci, Ivanic-Grad, Klostar Ivanic, Kriz and two municipalities on the island of Pag will say whether they want their town or municipalities separated from counties to which they currently belong and included into other counties. (hina) vm jn 311846 MET may 96