DUBROVNIK, Oct 14 (Hina) - Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) leader Drazen Budisa said on Tuesday that opposition parties would win the forthcoming parliamentary elections and form a new coalition government.
DUBROVNIK, Oct 14 (Hina) - Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS)
leader Drazen Budisa said on Tuesday that opposition parties would
win the forthcoming parliamentary elections and form a new
coalition government. #L#
Speaking at a press conference in Dubrovnik, Budisa said that,
based on the present mood of the public, between 65 and 70 per cent
of voters supported centrist and centre-right parties, while 30 per
cent backed leftist parties.
"Most of the votes will go to the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).
The Social Democratic Party (SDP) and its satellites will be
second, and the coalition of the HSLS and the Democratic Centre (DC)
will be third, winning between 20 and 25 seats in the new
parliament," Budisa said.
Commenting on the report which the chief prosecutor of the UN war
crimes tribunal, Carla Del Ponte, submitted to EU foreign ministers
on Monday, Budisa said that the report was more sharply worded than
one presented to the UN Security Council and that it contained some
new elements regarding relations between Croatia and the office of
the prosecutor.
"Her accusations against Croatian government institutions are very
harsh. Carla Del Ponte has lost credibility just as the Croatian
government has," the HSLS president said, adding that her report
was a result of the inappropriate position of the Croatian
government towards the Hague tribunal.
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