BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3512 HINA ZAGREB, JANUARY 23, 2000

HR-bulletin-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3512 HINA ZAGREB, JANUARY 23, 2000 MEDIA BLACKOUT IN FORCE THROUGHOUT SUNDAY AND MONDAYZAGREB, Jan 23 (Hina) - A ban on electioneering was imposed at midnight on Saturday ahead of Monday's presidential election in Croatia. The media blackout will be in force until Monday midnight when first unofficial election results should be announced. About 4.2 million Croatian citizens living in the country and abroad will go to the polls for the third time to elect the president of the state among nine candidates. Running in the election are Drazen Budisa of the Social Liberal Party/Croatian Social Liberal Party (SDP/HSLS) coalition, Anto Djapic of the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), Mate Granic of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), Tomislav Mercep of the Croatian Popular Party (HPS), Stjepan Mesic of the Croatian People's Party (HNS), Ante Prkacin of the New Croatia (NH) party, and independent candidates Ante Ledic, Slaven Letica and Zvon