SECRETARY-GENERAL OF HDZ ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH OPPOSITION

ZAGREB, June 15 (Hina) - Secretary-general of the ruling HDZ party Jure Radic talked to journalists on Wednesday about views of the HDZ ahead of tomorrow's negotiations with the parliamentary opposition parties on distribution of leading parliamentary posts. Radic said there was no doubt that the work of the Croatian Parliament was legal, as well as recent decisions on relieving of duties and on electing new chairmen of both Houses of the Parliament. The Parliament is the only body which can interpret the Rules of Procedure, and sessions of both Parliament's Houses are legal when majority of delegates are present there. At tomorrow's inter-party meeting, HDZ representatives will invite opposition to participate in sessions of the House of Counties and House of representatives scheduled for the next week, said Radic. Radic stressed that the opposition's interpretation saying that HDZ does not accept their candidates was wrong. "We support the principle that each candidate should be put on the vote. We have not insisted that Mesic and Manolic should not be the opposition's candidates, but we insist that their candidacy, as any other candidacy, should be put on the vote in both Houses of Parliament," said Radic. 151711 MET jun 94