CROATIA'S LOWER HOUSE CONLUDES DEBATE ON LOCAL ELECTIONS

ZAGREB, April 11 (Hina) - The Croatian Parliament's House of Representatives on Thursday concluded a dicussion on draft amendments to the law on the election of representatives to the bodies of local government and self-government. The Government had proposed that a proportional electoral system be applied in elections to the bodies of local self- government, with one local self-government unit representing one constituency, Assistant Administration Minister Antun Palaric told the session. Vice Vukojevic of the Legislative Committee argued for a mixed electoral system under which one fourth of the members of a local self-government body would be elected by majority system and three quarters by proportional representation. Opionions of the clubs of parliamentary representatives ranged from those who described the draft amendments as acceptable (Luka Trconic of the Croatian Peasant Party) to those who rejected them completely (Ivica Racan of the Social Democratic Party). (hina) vm mm 112058 MET apr 96