TUDJMAN RECEIVES DELEGATION OF CROATIAN JUDGES ( Editorial: --> 8683 )

( Editorial: --> 8683 ) ZAGREB, Nov 6 (Hina) - President Franjo Tudjman received a delegation of Croatian judges on Thursday ahead of a conference which is to discuss the position of courts of law and judges in Croatia, the President's Office said in a statement. President Tudjman said that, as the head of state, he attached importance to the efficiency of the judiciary in the implementation of the constitutional and legal order, stressing that the judiciary in Croatia had to be organised like the judiciary of a modern state. Attending were Presidential Chief of Staff Hrvoje Sarinic, Justice Minister Miroslav Separovic and Presidential Advisers Ivic Pasalic and Smiljko Sokol. The delegation of judges included Milan Vukovic, President of the Supreme Court; Ante Potrebica, Vice President of the Supreme Court and President of the State Judicial Council; and presidents of the Administrative Court, the High Commercial Court and county courts, the statement concluded. (hina) vm jn 061809 MET nov 97