MINISTER GRANIC'S REPLY TO MAZOWIECKI'S LETTER ON EVICTIONS

ZAGREB, Oct 15 (Hina) - Croatian Deputy Prime and Foreign Minister Mate Granic yesterday responded to a letter of the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the former Yugoslavia, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, in connection with evictions as a violation of human rights, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement today. Minister Granic reiterated in his letter the Croatian Government's determination to ensure the protection of human rights of all Croatian citizens. This protection was regulated by administrative courts and the constitutional court. On the other hand, the establishment of a law-governed state and the protection of human rights requested that people who illicitly occupied apartments should be evicted in conformity with administrative or judicial procedure, said the Minister. Minister Granic said that competent ministries would issue a statement on two cases of eviction Mazowiecki mentioned in his letter. Minister Granic announced that the Croatian Government and Parliament would soon discuss the problem of evictions and believed that the legislative and executive powers would find a solution to the problem with full respect of human rights. (hina) mm ks 151316 MET oct 94