NEW EDITORIAL APPROACH TO TV COVERING OF CRO PARLIAMENT'S WORK

ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - The Croatian Radio and TV Council today adopted a new editorial approach for covering the work of the Croatian Parliament, which excludes live broadcasts of sessions. Out of 26 Council members, 17 voted in favour, 7 opposed the scheme and two abstained from voting. HRT newly-appointed manager Parac said the TV would cover the work of the Parliament through features and similar "brief, succinct and interesting" shows. Explaining the proposals on the new concept and a new editorial approach Parac said it was not in question whether or not to cover the work of the Croatian Parliament but the essential question was how to cover its work. He said the Parliament's work would be still intensively covered but in the different way. No all-day-long live broadcasting of parliamentary sessions should be done, but the TV would make more separate broadcasts in the informative and reporting mode, which would inform the audience of activities of the Croatian Parliament briefly, succinctly and interestingly, Parac said. Bozo Kovacevic, a parliamentary deputy of the opposition Croatian Social-Democrat (HSLS) party and a member of the Croatian Radio and TV Council, said the Croatian TV denied on principle the appearance of the opposition and non-governmental and civilian organizations in the daily broadcasts, and he described this decision on the new editorial approach as the total blockage imposed on the Croatian opposition. (hina) mm as mms 072137 MET mar 95