Asked by reporters in parliament if the ruling coalition, of which the SDSS is a member, had determined the laws which the SDSS would be willing to vote on, Pupovac said the SDSS "made it clear last week that it would participate in parliament's work if agreement was reached on which laws to discuss," but that the laws had not been agreed on.

"Since they still have not been agreed on and time is running out, we don't know how this will end. The HDZ does not have to agree to anything we want, and I can't answer hypothetical questions. We are in favour of discussing and voting on all laws that are of interest to Croatia, and as for laws that are not such laws, we believe they should not be submitted for debate for the sake of the parliament's stability ahead of the completion of its work. Unfortunately, some of those laws are already being debated, and they should not be, such as the Penal Code," he said.

Asked if he would request a debate on the Constitutional Court's decision relating to the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorites, as done by Italian minority MP Furio Radin at a meeting with Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor earlier in the day, Pupovac said the SDSS supported the parliamentary group representing the ethnic minorities.

After a meeting of the most senior members of the Presidency of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) at government headquarters this afternoon, HDZ officials would not talk to the press. According to unofficial sources, talks on the further functioning of parliament are continuing.