RESOLVING ZAGREB CRISIS CANNOT BE POSTPONED ANY LONGER - TOMAC

ZAGREB, July 2 (Hina) - Seven Party Alliance Councilors with the Zagreb City Council are on Wednesday to file a complaint to the Croatian Constitutional Court in order to protect the legality of the work of the Zagreb executive authority, president of the Zagreb City Council Zdravko Tomac told Tuesday's news conference. It was not permissible to keep postponing the resolving of the Zagreb crisis, Tomac said. The Seven Party Alliance described the fact that the city administration had been set up by the previous, HDZ-dominated council as a problem. Until the Constitutional Court passed a verdict, the agendas for the Council's sessions would hold items which did not necessarily have to be suggested by the city administration, Tomac said. He added that the "appointed Zagreb Mayor Marina Matulovic- Dropulic had retained the power to implement the Council's decisions". Speaking about possible solutions to the crisis, Tomac said that one possibility was to find a compromise based on electoral results, the other would be to hold new elections. He reiterated the readiness of the Seven Party Alliance to hold talks with the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). (hina) lm jn 021727 MET jul 96