SDP/HSLS COALITION RELEASES LISTS OF CANDIDATES

ZAGREB, Dec 3 (Hina) - Two Croatian opposition parties, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Croatian Social Liberal Party (HSLS), on Friday released the final order of candidates on coalition lists for impending elections for parliament's House of Representatives. The first candidate in the first electoral unit is SDP's Ivica Racan, Drazen Budisa of the HSLS in the second, and SDP's Zdravko Tomac is the first in the third unit. First in the fourth electoral unit is Vilim Herman of the HSLS, SDP's Mato Arlovic in the fifth, and SDP's Davorko Vidovic in the sixth unit. The first candidate in the seventh electoral unit is SDP's Zeljka Antunovic, SDP's Slavko Linic in the eighth, SDP's Sime Lucin in the ninth, and Ivan Skaric of the HSLS in the tenth electoral unit. The bearer of coalition lists in seven electoral units is SDP president Racan, while HSLS president Budisa will be list bearer in the second, fourth, and tenth unit, as well as in the separate unit for the Diaspora. The latter's list is as yet incomplete, but it is known non-party candidate Boris Maruna will the first candidate on the list. Commenting yesterday's government decision that political parties for security reasons would not be submitted with floppy disks with integral lists of voters, Budisa and Racan told a joint press conference that explanation was "entirely unacceptable and scandalous." Racan said that decision increased the oppositon's suspicion of possible irregularities during elections. The SDP and the HSLS today presented a coalition electoral declaration called New Direction, in which they reiterate their determination to revise financial restructuring and privatisation. Budisa welcomed yesterday's Constitutional Court decision which says that Croatian parliamentary parties do not have to be registered abroad to be able to propose candidates for voters' committees. (hina) ha mm