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UPPER HOUSE SESSION ON ZAGREB SUMMIT DAY INVITES VARYING REACTIONS

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ZAGREB SUMMIT DAY INVITES VARYING REACTIONS ZAGREB, Nov 22 (Hina) - The decision of the parliament's House of Counties' speaker Katica Ivanisevic for convening on November 24, the day of the Zagreb Summit, has given rise to various reactions by Parliament and Government officials. The opposition's Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party has a majority in the Upper House. Parliament speaker Zlatko Tomcic deems such an act counter-productive, while Prime Minister Ivica Racan holds the session should be held after the Summit. Katica Ivanisevic said Wednesday she had called for the session in line with the Rule Book. "According to the Rule Book, one fifth MPs can request an urgent session, which they have done," Ivanisevic asserted. The House of Counties will only discuss one item -- the holding, goals and intentions of the international conference in Zagreb. Ivanisevic said MPs (some 15 of them from the lines of the HDZ) had explained their req
ZAGREB, Nov 22 (Hina) - The decision of the parliament's House of Counties' speaker Katica Ivanisevic for convening on November 24, the day of the Zagreb Summit, has given rise to various reactions by Parliament and Government officials. The opposition's Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party has a majority in the Upper House. Parliament speaker Zlatko Tomcic deems such an act counter- productive, while Prime Minister Ivica Racan holds the session should be held after the Summit. Katica Ivanisevic said Wednesday she had called for the session in line with the Rule Book. "According to the Rule Book, one fifth MPs can request an urgent session, which they have done," Ivanisevic asserted. The House of Counties will only discuss one item -- the holding, goals and intentions of the international conference in Zagreb. Ivanisevic said MPs (some 15 of them from the lines of the HDZ) had explained their request by saying that the parliament was obliged to discuss the goals and intentions of policies before they are implemented by the executive authority or before the signing of any document. Croatian Parliament speaker Zlatko Tomcic does not undermine the right and autonomy of the Upper House, but he sees the session as "HDZ meddling". Announcements by the HDZ Presidency, various associations and unions that they would hold protest rallies on the day of the Summit reflect a coordinated and utterly obstructing action which is primarily coming from the ranks of the HDZ, Tomcic asserted. He sees the Upper House session as an attempt to exert pressure on the current government authority and circumstances of the holding of the Summit. I think this is counter-productive, especially the HDZ, he stressed. Prime Minister Racan asserted those without good will towards the Summit have a democratic right to express their opinion. He held it would have been better if Ivanisevic had, if she had wished to do something, called the session after the Summit, when its results would be known. The decision on the convening of the Upper House was supported by members of the Croatian Party of Rights. Miroslav Rozic held it impermissible that discussion about the Summit had not been held in the Parliament. Such a discussion would have defined a programme which would be used as a foundation for negotiations on Croatia's fate and integration. The Democratic Centre did not endorse the calling of the session. The convening of the House of Counties on the day of the Summit will not assist Croatia in its individual approach to the EU, nor in the protection of its national interests, Mate Granic asserted. (hina) lml

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