BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH

HR-ELECTION-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3480HINA Zagreb, December 21, 1999CRO GOVT CALLS PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS FOR JANUARY 24 ZAGREB, Dec 21 (Hina) - The Croatian Government on Tuesday called presidential elections for January 24, as suggested by the Presidency of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union yesterday, Deputy Premier Mate Granic told reporters in Zagreb. The government decision on the elections will come into force on December 25, he said. The government today passed a decree proclaiming January 24, a Monday, day of rest, the government's Public and Media Relations Office said in a statement. The government's commitment to make the decision calling presidential elections come into force on December 25 is in keeping with Constitutional Court assessments that presidential elections should not be called before December 23, in view of not making the deadlines and beginning of the presidential campaign coincide with parliamentary elec