Elections in Istria to be test for relations between SDP and IDS

PAZIN, Dec 30 (Hina) - Leaders of city and municipal branches of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Istria County on Saturday decided that the SDP would form a coalition with the Croatian People's Party (HNS) and the Croatian Pensioners' Party (HSU) in next spring's local elections in Istria and that their lists would not include the Istrian Democratic Party (IDS), although at the last parliamentary elections in December 2011, those four parties made up a coalition with the Agenda 21 programme that won the polls. On the other hand, the SDP also opted for the support to IDS parliamentarian Damir Kajin as its candidate for Istria County Prefect if he decided to run in the election for the head of the biggest Croatian peninsula.