PRESIDENT'S OFFICE COMMENTS ON OFFICIALS' MUTUAL ACCUSATIONS

( Editorial: --> 3279 ) ZAGREB, Sept 26 (Hina) - Prompted by the mutual accusations of high state and party officials in the media, the President's Office issued a statement in Zagreb on Saturday. "It is inadmissible and extremely irresponsible for the highest state and party officials to publicly debate sensitive issues concerning state and national security in the media, instead of in the regular institutions of the system. Accordingly, the President of the Republic has instructed security and control services to as soon as possible carry out a thorough investigation into the credibility of all presented accusations and suspicions, the statement said. "President Franjo Tudjman, as the president of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), has instructed the HDZ general secretariat to, via appropriate procedures, establish the political responsibility of all those who in these public debates have acted against the party statute and policy. Upon the completion of those procedures, both at the state and the party level, the President of the Republic and competent party bodies will make appropriate decisions about which the Croatian public will be informed", the statement concluded. (hina) rml 261256 MET sep 98