CRO INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS PRESENT CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIONS

ZAGREB, Dec 15 (Hina) - Croatian Independent Democrats (HND) released their lists of candidates for the January parliamentary elections in all constituencies in Croatia and the one for the Diaspora, HND president Josip Manolic told reporters in Zagreb on Wednesday. Manolic said the HND also had a candidate in a separate constituency where a representative of the Austrian, German, Ruthenian, Ukrainian, and Jewish minority was elected. Manolic said he headed the lists of candidates in the second constituency. After the elections, the HND is ready for cooperation with all parties, including the ruling Croatian Democratic Union, Manolic said. He asserted that more than half of Croatia's population was dissatisfied with the current situation in the country and therefore demanded changes. Heading the list of HND candidates in the first constituency is Damir Bukovic, Ivica Zanjko in the third, Krunislav Olujic the fourth, Sime Mestrovic the fifth, Dragutin Hlad the sixth, Marija Dujic the seventh, Marin Tomulic the eighth, Marko Dizdar the ninth, and Ante Erceg heads the list in the tenth constituency, while Mirjana Ribaric is the first on the list for the Diaspora. (hina) ha mm