BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 5110

HR-BULLETIN-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 5110 HINA Zagreb 18 October 2003MESIC TO CALL PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS ON MONDAYZAGREB, Oct 18 (Hina) - President Stjepan Mesic said on Saturday he would call parliamentary elections on Monday and appeal to citizens to go to the polls. If citizens want to decide on the government that will be in power over the next four years, they must elect a government that our people deserve, the president said in his office after talking to a group of citizens. Asked to comment on the statement of parliament president Zlatko Tomcic, that he will ask for the position of parliament president to be redefined in order to expand his powers and equate his influence with that of president of the republic and prime minister, Mesic said that "many would like to be the president -- all they have to do is run for the office." "The parliament president is first among equals. He personally does not have any authority other than running the parliament, but