LS/HSS/HNS/IDS/ASH COALITION HOLDS FINAL PRE-ELECTORAL RALLY

ZAGREB, Dec 30 (Hina) - The coalition comprising the Croatian Peasants' Party, the Liberal Party, the Croatian People's Party (HNS), the Istrian Democratic Assembly, and the Social Democratic Action of Croatia (ASH) on Thursday held its final pre-electoral rally in Zagreb. HNS president Radimir Cacic said his party firmly stood by its promise to offer 200,000 new jobs, despite criticism that the promise was unrealistic. He asserted that after the January 3 parliamentary elections, "the coalition won't allow anybody's arrogant majority to once again govern Croatia." The parties which will make the new, coalition government will correct each other, Cacic added. ASH president Silvije Degen said the time of the rule of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) was over, and said he was sure the coalition list would win more votes than others in the first constituency. "In three days, the end of wrong politics in Croatia will begin," said Stipe Mesic of the HNS. He reproached the HDZ for "taking the capital they did not make and getting into an unnecessary war." Mesic called on voters to cast their ballot for the coalition, telling them it was necessary to turn a new page in Croatia's history and politics. (hina) ha