ONLY WITH BUDISA AS PRESIDENT CAN WE REALISE CHANGES -- TOMAC

ZAGREB, Jan 17 (Hina) - Croatian citizens who voted for the victorious Social democratic Party (SDP) - Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS) coalition, searching for changes, should give their vote to Drazen Budisa at the presidential elections, and complete the job begun on January 3. In this way we can be certain that the ruler in Croatia will be a real political force which will be able to realise the requested changes, head of Drazen Budisa's campaign council, Zdravko Tomac, said at Monday's news conference in Zagreb. Underlining the unchanged stance of the SDP-HSLS coalition that it was realistic to expect Budisa to win in the first round of presidential elections notwithstanding reporters' surveys and other data, Tomac said the great support citizens were giving Budisa "only showed that our job can finish as soon as January 24". Tomac criticised a part of Croatian media that they were omitting to mention the great support Budisa was receiving from the Croatian people, "while on the other hand surveys are being forced in which the true atmosphere and choice of the people is being hidden". Speaking about the continuation of Budisa's campaign, president of the Zagreb HSLS branch, Dorica Nikolic, said Budisa would visit about 100 towns across Croatia. The final part of his campaign is under way and will be marked by rallies in Dalmatian towns, while the final rally will be held in Zagreb on January 22, Nikolic said. (hina) lml mm