DUBROVNIK: CROATIAN PEOPLE'S PARTY PRESENTS PLATFORM, CANDIDATES

DUBROVNIK, Nov 6 (Hina) - Croatian People's Party (HNS) leader Vesna Pusic presented the party's platform and candidates in constituency no. 10, which covers Dubrovnik-Neretva County, in Dubrovnik on Thursday, saying the HNS had defined a strategy and six main goals which she said would be the next government's task. #L# The priorities include admission to the European Union, an economic platform based on a 6.5 percent growth rate and a 40 percent reduction of unemployment over the next four years, a reform of the justice system, a strategy for the development of science and higher education, and the preparation of Croatia's agriculture for the EU market. Pusic told reporters the HNS based its running in the November 23 parliamentary election on what it had done so far, six goals it planned to do, and on the people capable of doing it. The HNS has proved that it can realise all of its projects, she said. According to Pusic, the incumbent government fared the worst in the judiciary, which she said needed to be reformed. Judging by gross domestic product per capita, Croatia is right behind the Czech Republic, Slovenia, and Hungary, which shows that the current government has been successful over the past four years, Pusic said. The HNS is standing the election in coalition with four regional parties in four constituencies, which highlights the HNS' regional concept, Pusic said. (hina) ha