TOMAC SUBMITS INDEPENDENT SLATES FOR CONSTITUENCIES ONE, FIVE

ZAGREB, Nov 2 (Hina) - Zdravko Tomac, until recently a senior Social Democratic Party (SDP) official and now vice president of the Croatian Harmony Forum, on Sunday submitted independent slates for constituencies one and five for the November 23 parliamentary election. #L# Tomac heads the slate in the first constituency, which covers the City of Zagreb, while Jerko Zovak, also an SDP member until recently, heads the slate in the fifth constituency, which covers Pozega-Slavonia and Vukovar-Srijem counties. Tomac said the Croatian Harmony Forum slates feature people who greatly contributed to the creation and defence of Croatia, including Franjo Greguric and Tomac himself, the prime minister and deputy PM of the war-time government, Ante Klaric, vice president of the war-time parliament, and Davorin Rudolf, an academician. The slates also include people who were among the founders of two currently opposing blocs -- the SDP and the Croatian Democratic Union, Tomac said. He called on constituents to vote for people and not those who head slates, and said the upcoming election was important for Croatia's admission to the European Union. (hina) ha