DJAPIC PRESENTS HIS PROGRAMME IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, Jan 20 (Hina) - Anto Djapic, a candidate of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP) and the Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU) for the presidential election, on Wednesday evening presented his programme in Zagreb. Claiming that in Croatia "there are more an more those who have quickly forgotten what hardships the Croatian people underwent," he said if elected as Croatia's President he would advocate that the Croatian State be built on "the values on which a project for the creation of the Croatian State was based." Djapic added that "certain associations are trying to label him as a racist and xenophobe, scaring voters that if he should be the President, Croatia might be exposed to sanctions and international isolation." "I am neither xenophobe nor racist and I hate no one, but I think that nobody in Croatia can have greater rights than the Croatian people," he stressed. Commenting on other candidates for the presidential ballot, scheduled for January 24, Djapic assessed that Stipe Mesic "is trying to present himself as a possible counterbalance," but, according to Djapic, "there is actually no difference between his views and views of Budisa and Granic." Djapic expects from voters to return back "a pendulum which at the parliamentary election swung too much in the left direction," so that the Croatian right can have its President of the Republic. (hina) ms