ZAGREB, Jan 25 (Hina) - Stipe Mesic, the candidate of the Croatian People's Party (HNS), supported by the "Four" political parties, in early Tuesday hours expressed satisfaction with first unofficial preliminary results of the
presidential election, held on Monday. According to the results, announced after the midnight, Mesic was on the top with 42 percent of the vote, and he was followed by Drazen Budisa, the candidate of the SDP/HSLS coalition. These two contestants will run in the second round of the presidential election on February 7. Results were within expected forecasts, and I look forward the convincing victory of the run-off ballot, Mesic said thanking all who backed him. He said that in the continuation of the campaign ahead of the second round of the ballot he would put an emphasis on the European option of Croatia which would make possible for his country to enter the European U
ZAGREB, Jan 25 (Hina) - Stipe Mesic, the candidate of the Croatian
People's Party (HNS), supported by the "Four" political parties, in
early Tuesday hours expressed satisfaction with first unofficial
preliminary results of the presidential election, held on Monday.
According to the results, announced after the midnight, Mesic was
on the top with 42 percent of the vote, and he was followed by Drazen
Budisa, the candidate of the SDP/HSLS coalition. These two
contestants will run in the second round of the presidential
election on February 7.
Results were within expected forecasts, and I look forward the
convincing victory of the run-off ballot, Mesic said thanking all
who backed him.
He said that in the continuation of the campaign ahead of the second
round of the ballot he would put an emphasis on the European option
of Croatia which would make possible for his country to enter the
European Union and NATO.
Mesic described his campaign in the run-up to the first round of the
vote as correct and modern adding that special-interest groups were
the working population, young people and women.
(hina) ms