\u201cIt\u2019s up to the Prime Minister to decide, it will be someone loyal to him and that\u2019s the most important characteristic for the job. I have no say in the matter. At the same time, in accordance with the Constitution, I am Commander in Chief and I am responsible for defense and security, it doesn\u2019t say how, but it\u2019s written in the Constitution. It will be someone chosen by Plenkovi\u0107, and it would be good it that person would bring to his attention that not one session of the National Security Council has been held for two years because he didn\u2019t want it, yet it should happen\u201d, the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 stated today when commenting on the dismissal of Defense minister Mario Bano\u017ei\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the Republic did not speculate on the names of the candidates, but stated which characteristics the new Defense minister should have. \u201cThe minister should be someone who will communicate normally with my advisers because I don\u2019t have much common ground with the minister, we\u2019re not on the same level. The level of the President is the Prime Minister in these matters. That\u2019s why the responsibility for the choice of the person is exclusively the Prime Minister\u2019s. You\u2019ve seen how it has been in the past three years\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe defense minister has a very visible and demanding job, it\u2019s a political position, it has to be someone who will be loyal to the boss, especially in the HDZ. My minister was Kotromanovi\u0107 who was very independent, who could speak well with his interlocutors worldwide, who represented Croatia in an active, managerial way. Male, female, it\u2019s all the same\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 continued, adding that with \u201chis choice of minister Plenkovi\u0107 will show what he thinks and what his intentions are\u201d. As for minister Bano\u017ei\u0107, he said that \u201che had to go in terrible circumstances\u201d, adding that he \u201cdoesn\u2019t wish him anything bad because he\u2019s had it bad enough\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
President Milanovi\u0107 was asked by the press about the case of Radimir \u010ca\u010di\u0107 who was dismissed during his government\u2019s rule after being sentenced for a traffic accident in which he was involved in 2010. \u201cThe circumstances around \u010ca\u010di\u0107 were quite different. It took a long time for guilt to be established, and it was never clear what actually had happened. \u010ca\u010di\u0107 was responsible and had to go. In this horrible case, unfortunately, everything is clear. It\u2019s clear who\u2019s to blame. At this time I express my condolences to the family of Mr. \u0160ari\u0107, I don\u2019t know what to say. The man lost his life, his children have lost their father, his wife has lost her husband, but there\u2019s no doubt who was on the side he shouldn\u2019t have been. The difference is so evident that a totally different approach is necessary. Bano\u017ei\u0107 was where he shouldn\u2019t have been, had he been driving 10 km\/hour, he shouldn\u2019t have been there\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThose who are saying publicly that this came at the right time for Plenkovi\u0107 are sick. It didn\u2019t come at the right time, it appears that someone had to die for the minister to be dismissed. And had nobody died, how would have Plenkovi\u0107 reacted? He probably would have also dismissed the minister because he was at the wrong place. There was no choice here\u201d, the President said, and repeated that he expects the new minister to cooperate well with his advisers and the Head of the Office of the President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking about the minors accused of terrorism, President Milanovi\u0107 repeated that this is additional reason for a National Security Council session. \u201cWho\u2019s obstructing? Who hasn\u2019t wanted one for two years because he can manage without me as if it\u2019s about me. That\u2019s our duty, we must have one\u201d, he noted, and called on Prime Minister Plenkovi\u0107 to be careful of his accusations of terrorism.\u201d Plenkovi\u0107 called a terrorist the unfortunate lad who shot at Banski Dvori (Seat of the Government). And now we\u2019re hearing accusations about a political party advocating terrorism. Well then, let\u2019s talk about it if it\u2019s true. Such things are not to be taken lightly\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cIt\u2019s up to the Prime Minister to decide, it will be someone loyal to him and that\u2019s the most important characteristic for the job. I have no say in the matter. At the same time, in accordance with the Constitution, I am Commander in Chief and I am responsible for defense and security, it doesn\u2019t say how, but it\u2019s written in the Constitution. It will be someone chosen by Plenkovi\u0107, and it would be good it that person would bring to his attention that not one session of the National Security Council has been held for two years because he didn\u2019t want it, yet it should happen\u201d, the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 stated today when commenting on the dismissal of Defense minister Mario Bano\u017ei\u0107.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":26916,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-26918","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n