OPPOSITION PARTIES SEND OPEN LETTER TO UPPER HOUSE SPEAKER

ZAGREB, July 15 (Hina) - The Coordination of Croatian parliamentary opposition parties wrote a letter to speaker of the upper Chamber of Counties of the Croatian Parliament Katica Ivanisevic, voicing displeasure that she had not called a session to discuss the role and mandate of the UN Protection Force in Croatia. The open letter asked "why those responsible for convening sessions of the Chamber of Counties think that the return of Croatian citizens to currently occupied Croatian counties or the restoration of Croatian sovereignty in the entire, internationally recognized Croatian state is the subject of no concern of county deputies elected to the Chamber of Counties." "The opposition parties of the Chamber of Counties fully support the statement by the opposition parties and independent deputies in the (lower) Chamber of Representatives regarding the inefficiency of the UNPROFOR mandate," said the open letter signed by representatives of the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), the Croatian Farmers' Party (HSS), the Istrian Democratic Union (IDS), the Croatian Independent Democrats (HND), the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Croatian National Party (HNS). 151540 MET jul 94