CROATIAN PARLIAMENT WON'T DISCUSS SO-CALLED ZAGREB CRISIS

ZAGREB, Nov 13 (Hina) - The Croatian Parliament's House of Representatives on Wednesday omitted a draft resolution on the so- called Zagreb government crisis from the agenda, after which most of the opposition deputies left the session. Sixty deputies voted in favour of leaving out the draft resolution proposed by a group of opposition deputies while 39 were against. In explanation of an objection by the Constitution and Political System Committee to the proposed agenda, Vladimir Seks said that the draft resolution was in violation of the Constitution and that "by adopting it the House of Representatives would step outside its constitutional jurisdiction." Speaking on behalf of the deputies who had proposed the resolution, Social Democratic Party leader Ivica Racan said that "the resolution draws attention to the drastic restriction of the rights of local administration and self-government; the point is that local administration is being prevented from electing executive authority." "It all started a year ago when it was announced that an opposition situation in the City of Zagreb would not be allowed," Racan said. The session continued with a discussion on a bill on social organizations. (hina) vm mm 131409 MET nov 96