PARLIAMENT CHAIRMAN VISITS CROATIAN DANUBIAN AREA

VINKOVCI/LIPOVAC, 5 Oct (Hina) - Croatian Parliament chairman Vlatko Pavletic and representatives of several county assemblies on Saturday visited villages in eastern Slavonia, which is under U.N. transitional administration (UNTAES). The villages of Lipovac, Apsavci and Podgradje are part of a pilot-program on the return of displaced persons. 'We cannot allow the postponement of the return of displaced persons', Pavletic stated in Lipovac. 'The Croatian Danubian area is being systematically plundered and Croatian property is being transported to Yugoslavia, which is unacceptable. The Croat people will work no more for plunderers. We want the elections to be held within agreed deadlines and we want the UNTAES to leave after that', Pavletic said. The Croatian Parliament chairman also visited Vinkovci where he met the president of Croatian county assemblies. The talks focused on the functioning of local authorities and self-government bodies. Participants in the meeting sent a massage to the UNTAES administration, protesting over the cancellation of their visit to Vukovar. (hina) rm jn 051639 MET oct 96