"I do not believe that dead people voted there, but somebody definitely must have voted instead of them," Mesic said during a visit to Bjelovar on Thursday, when asked to comment on media reports that dead people were reported as having voted in the first election round at polling stations in Capljina and Orasje.
Speaking at a meeting with the residents of Bjelovar, Mesic repeated that it was necessary to change national legislation so that Croats in Bosnia-Herzegovina were no longer considered the diaspora, because, he said, they were a constituent people in the neighbouring country.
He criticised his rival Jadranka Kosor of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) for seeking support for the second election round in Bosnia-Herzegovina. "Those who collect votes in Mostar should announce their candidacy in Mostar, because Croatian tax payers will not pay for those votes."
Mesic advised citizens not to choose between a man and a woman on Sunday, but to elect a president who would represent Croatia in the country and abroad and protect national interests.
After the visit to Bjelovar, Mesic visited the nearby municipalities of Nova Raca and Veliki Grdjevac, where he met representatives of the Croatian Farmers' Association, which is the biggest farmers' association in the country that has supported Mesic's presidential candidacy.