RIJEKA, Nov 12 (Hina) - When voting at upcoming parliamentary elections citizens will appreciate the overall activity and platform of every political party, Social Democratic Party (SDP) president Ivica Racan said in Rijeka on
Wednesday.
RIJEKA, Nov 12 (Hina) - When voting at upcoming parliamentary
elections citizens will appreciate the overall activity and
platform of every political party, Social Democratic Party (SDP)
president Ivica Racan said in Rijeka on Wednesday. #L#
Answering a question from the press about the message bishops
issued on the occasion of the Nov. 23 election, Racan voiced
confidence citizens would not be influenced by such messages.
The Croatian Bishops Conference called on the faithful on Oct. 30
not to vote for parties advocating the legalisation of abortion,
euthanasia, and same-sex unions.
Racan applauded the fact that the Catholic Church in Croatia had
urged people to go to the polls.
He said the SDP did not advocate banning abortion but viewed it as
the right to choose.
Speaking at a news conference of the SDP-IDS (Istrian Democratic
Assembly) coalition, Racan estimated that the SDP would be very
successful at the election and said he was looking forward to the
success of potential coalition partners.
Asked why Slavko Linic, who hails from Rijeka, was on the SDP slate
in constituency no. 10, which covers the south of Split-Dalmatia
County and Dubrovnik-Neretva County, Racan said he had estimated
that a "difficult constituency" such as that one needed a
"political fighter" of Linic's calibre.
Linic knows a lot about the economy and will be able to compete well
with politicians such as Ivo Sanader, Drazen Budisa, or Ivic
Pasalic and their knowledge of the economy, said Racan.
Damir Kajin of the IDS, the first on the SDP-IDS slate in
constituency no. 8, which covers Istria County and part of
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County, said the coalition would not make the
IDS lose on its recognisability nor the SDP on its
distinctiveness.
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