HSP CALLS HKDU, HSS, HSLS, HDZ TO REACH PRE-ELECTION AGREEMENT

ZAGREB, Jan 11 (Hina) - The Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) will present its own list in the proportional representation electoral system in the forthcoming elections, while in the first-past-the- post system the party will try to reach agreement with "parties that have premodification 'Croatian'" - the Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU), the Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS), the Croatian Social and Liberal Party (HSLS) and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), the HSP President, Anto Djapic said on Saturday. "We shall try to agree on standing for election together with the four parties. We will pay attention primarily to curricula vitae of candidates they (the parties) are proposing," Djapic told a news conference in a break of the HSP head committee's session. "If it is impossible to reach agreement, we shall run for the entire elections independently," Djapic stressed and added that he expected that his party would win seven to eight percent of the vote. Elections for the Parliament House of Counties and for local authorities and self-governments are due to be in mid-March this year. "We expect that we shall become a parliamentary party and a significant political factor in town and county councils after the elections," the HSP leader told reporters. He called on all Croatian parties to stand for election in the Danube river area in a joint block, regardless of their differences, so as to "neutralize results of ethnic cleansing a little." (hina) mš 111712 MET jan 97