ZAGREB, Jan 7 (Hina) - The Presidency of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) on Friday fully supported a presidential campaign proposal put forward by the party's presidential candidate Mate Granic. Granic will begin the campaign for
the January 24 presidential elections in his birthplace at Baska Voda, and end it in Zagreb. The campaign will be financed by the HDZ and, as was pointed out today, will be conducted in a fully transparent manner. All relative to the campaign will be made public after the elections. After today's HDZ Presidency session, Granic said his presidential campaign would focus on his "clear vision of Croatia in the 21st century, (my) experience and knowledge." During the campaign, Granic will recall "the one-party communist system" which ruled Croatia in the past, the first multi-party, democratic elections of 1990 which the HDZ won, as well as of the establishment of the
ZAGREB, Jan 7 (Hina) - The Presidency of the Croatian Democratic
Union (HDZ) on Friday fully supported a presidential campaign
proposal put forward by the party's presidential candidate Mate
Granic.
Granic will begin the campaign for the January 24 presidential
elections in his birthplace at Baska Voda, and end it in Zagreb.
The campaign will be financed by the HDZ and, as was pointed out
today, will be conducted in a fully transparent manner. All
relative to the campaign will be made public after the elections.
After today's HDZ Presidency session, Granic said his presidential
campaign would focus on his "clear vision of Croatia in the 21st
century, (my) experience and knowledge."
During the campaign, Granic will recall "the one-party communist
system" which ruled Croatia in the past, the first multi-party,
democratic elections of 1990 which the HDZ won, as well as of the
establishment of the Croatian state.
According to Granic, "the new authorities will need a president of
state who is not from the ruling coalition, because this is
extremely important for the balance of authority and further
democratisation, and because of control mechanisms."
Asked to comment on his statement to Reuters in which he called on
Serbs to return to Croatia, Granic said he was answering a lot of
questions, including one discussing Serb returns.
"My positions are well known," he said. "If now 1,500 Serbs are
seeking asylum in London, and this is the reason why Great Britain
is introducing visas for Croatian citizens, then it is certainly
better for them to return than for Croatia to have visas," he
explained.
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