BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3274 HINA ZAGREB, MAY 25

HR-HDZ BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3274 HINA ZAGREB, MAY 25 HDZ & OPPOSITION SIX PRESENT AGREEMENT ON NEW ELECTORAL LAWZAGREB, May 25 (Hina) - After several hours of adjusting, Croatia's ruling Croatian Democratic union (HDZ) and a group of six opposition parties on Tuesday presented a final, 11-item text of an agreement on the basic principles of Croatia's future electoral law. The coordinator of the Opposition Six group, Luka Trconic, assessed the agreement as significant for the future development of democracy. A good move and a significant step forward have been done, and both will be welcomed by the international community as well, he told reporters. The 11-item agreement says a proportionate electoral system with ten electoral units, nine in Croatia and one for Croatian citizens living abroad, will be applied for the election of representatives for the parliament's Lower House. Croatian citizens not residing in Croatia would exert their electoral right in a separate, tenth