HDZ OFFERS DC, HSLS ONE MINISTERIAL POST EACH

ZAGREB, Dec 8 (Hina) - Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) leader Ivo Sanader offered delegations of the Democratic Centre (DC) and the Social Liberals (HSLS) on Monday the signing of coalition agreements under which each of the latter two parties would get one ministerial post in the new government. #L# The two parties' separate talks with the HDZ did not address specific names of DC and HSLS officials which might be ministers in Sanader's cabinet, reporters were told by DC president Mate Granic and his deputy Vesna Skare-Ozbolt, and HSLS leader Drazen Budisa and his deputies Djurdja Adlesic and Ivan Cehok. HDZ vice president Jadranka Kosor said a coalition was agreed in principle with the DC and that a coalition agreement should be signed in the next few days. Skare-Ozbolt said the DC minister would contribute to the quality of the new government. The DC has not discussed concrete names or ministries which it should get, she added. Budisa said the terms of the coalition offered by the HDZ were acceptable but that the decision on participation in Sanader's government would be made by the HSLS Governing Council, which convenes on Saturday. Asked which ministerial post might be given to his party, Budisa said that several possibilities had been considered today. (hina) ha sb