CROATIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT NAMES PARLIAMENT SPEAKER VLATKO PAVLETIC AS INTERIM HEAD OF STATE

Record ID: 986516

  • Title: CROATIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT NAMES PARLIAMENT SPEAKER VLATKO PAVLETIC AS INTERIM HEAD OF STATE
  • Date: 26th November 1999
  • Summary: ZAGREB, CROATIA ( NOVEMBER 26, 1999)(REUTERS) 1. SLV EXTERIOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT 0.07 2. SCU SIGN READING CONSTITUTIONAL COURT 0.10 3. MV PRESIDENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURT JADRANKO CRNIC ARRIVES FOR ANNOUNCEMENT 0.31 4. SOUNDBITE ( Serbo-Croat) JADRANKO CRNIC SAYING "Constitutional Court determines temporary incapacitation of the President of Republic of Croatia, Dr. Franjo Tudjman for discharging his duties." 0.41 5. WIDE INAUGURATION CEREMONY AT CROATION PARLIAMENT 0.45 6. MV CROATIAN PRIME MINISTER ZLATKO MATESA HANDING OVER POWER TO ACTING PRESIDENT, PARLIAMENT SPEAKER VLATKO PAVLETIC, HANDSHAKE 1.08 7. CLOSE UP VLATKO PAVLETIC 1.19 8. MV MEDIA/MV VLATKO PAVLETIC ARRIVES FOR MEETING WITH OPPOSITION TO DISCUSS ELECTION DATE (2 SHOTS) 1.34 9. SLV OPPOSITION LEADERS ATTENDING MEETING 1.39 10. SCU VLATKO PAVLETIC SEATED AT DESK IN HIS OFFICE 1.44 11. SOUNDBITE(Serbo- Croat), VLATKO PAVLETIC SAYING "In my meetings with the representatives of the army, the police and the government I will clearly give a sign, to them and to entire Croatia that they will have to uphold the constitutional framwork." 2.08 12. SOUNDBITE (Serbo-Croat)PAVLETIC SAYING: "You should also note that in a symbolic gesture I will not move my office to Pantovcak (Tudjman's presidential palace). I am the Parliament speaker who took over this new duty, but I want to stay in the parliament and signal that all decisions will be made here in St. Mark's Square ( seat of the Croatian parliament)." 2.46 ZAGREB, CROATIA ( NOVEMBER 24, 1999) (REUTERS) 13. MV POLITICAL ANALYST SLAVEN LETICA WALKS IN CITY CENTRE (MUTE) 2.54 14. SOUNDBITE ( English) SLAVEN LETICA SAYING "In the short term I would see as positive tendencies within from Croatia, from a Croatian perspective into the west. So I think for a couple of months Croatia will gather a more positive image in the west, and it is just a matter of the opposition if it wins parlimentary election to do something in a couple of month. On the other side his departure could mean something positive in Bosnia, because Tudjman's Bosnian policy was a disaster". 3.32 ZAGREB, CROATIA ( NOVEMBER 26, 1999) (REUTERS) 15. SLV PEOPLE IN CITY CENTRE 3.38 16. SLV NEWS STAND, HEADLINES READING: TUDJMAN PROCLAIMED TEMPORARILY INCAPACITATED 3.42 17. SCU MAGAZINE WITH VLATKO PAVLETIC ON COVER PAGE,"I AM READY TO TAKE OVER THE DUTY." 3.45 18. SOUNDBITE (English), YOUNG WOMAN SAYING "I think he (Vlatko Pavletic) will make an excellent president." 3.52 19. SOUNDBITE (Serbo-Croat), MAN IN THE STREET SAYING "This was I think the most reasonable solution. We cannot declare dead a man who is still alive. It wouldn't be normal." 4.01 20. SOUNDBITE ( English),YOUNG MAN SAYING: "The ruling party has the majority in the parliament so they can do whatever they want. But I think we should soon have an election so people can decide themselves who they want to rule this state." 4.27 21. WIDE OF ZAGREB STREET 4.33 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: ZAGREB, CROATIA
  • Country: Croatia
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