MESIC HOLDS RALLY IN PULA

PULA, Jan 19 (Hina) - During a pre-election rally held in the coastal town of Pula on Wednesday, Stipe Mesic, a candidate for the coming Croatian presidential election, commented on remarks of General Ljubo Cesic Rojs describing it as "shameful lessons which General Rojs gave me teaching me what Croatian President should be like." Mesic asserted that Defence Minister Pavao Miljavac should dismiss General Rojs immediately due to such conduct. "Rojs tells me that Mostar, Ljubuski and Grude will never accept me as Croatian President, what is inadmissible, as I do not stand for office there. In the Croatian Army it cannot be decided who will be Croatian President, as there is no such military junta that will rule Croatia," Mesic told the rally commenting words of Rojs which will be published by Thursday's issue of a daily, Mesic said. Mesic added that to date it had never been transparent in the Government or Sabor how many means have been earmarked from Croatia's state budget for outside Croatia, namely for Bosnia- Herzegovina. This candidate claimed that Bosnian Croats were victims of a wrong policy led by Zagreb adding that such policy brought about wrong war against Bosnian Moslems. Mesic believes that Croatia should help Bosnian Croats to return to their homes and create, with assistance of international monitoring, better standard of living. (hina) ms