{"id":35128,"date":"2024-11-27T17:47:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35128"},"modified":"2024-11-28T11:48:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T10:48:40","slug":"president-milanovic-on-day-one-after-my-victory-ill-invite-plenkovic-to-pantovcak-to-discuss-national-security-and-defense","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-on-day-one-after-my-victory-ill-invite-plenkovic-to-pantovcak-to-discuss-national-security-and-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"President Milanovi\u0107: On Day One after My Victory, I\u2019ll Invite Plenkovi\u0107 to Pantov\u010dak to Discuss National Security and Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI started this term in a very good mood for cooperation. What did I experience before I even managed to utter my first sentence to the Prime Minister? That this would be a tough cohabitation. What does that mean? I tried to work, to cooperate. For three years, I\u2019ve been calling for constitutional bodies to meet to discuss issues that are important for national security, which must not be discussed publicly. These calls have been ignored\u2026 while top military officers are summoned to participate in political skirmishes in parliament. This must be firmly opposed,\u201d the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 said Tuesday evening in an interview with the main news programme of Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), <em>Dnevnik<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOn the first day after my victory, maybe even before the oath, I will invite Plenkovi\u0107 to Pantov\u010dak to continue discussions on national security and defense issues,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked whether there was a chance that the hard cohabitation might soften if he won the presidential election, President Milanovi\u0107 replied: \u201cDefense \u2013 I am the Commander in Chief \u2013 international relations, the so-called diplomacy, and the security system of the Republic of Croatia are my constitutional powers. In some areas, I am even above the Prime Minister and the Government. Therefore, I expect dialogue and cooperation, and I have been offering that all along. I am not interested in public procurement; I am not interested in ECMO machines. I am not interested in the realm of money, power, and influence that HDZ controls \u2013 someone once said, like an octopus. Perhaps the metaphor is a bit overused, but I think it\u2019s clear. I am not part of that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Milanovi\u0107 also commented on the decision of Attorney General Ivan Turudi\u0107 that the European Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office (EPPO) does not have jurisdiction over the investigation of former Minister Bero\u0161 and that the investigation will be conducted by the Office for the Suppression of Corruption and Organised Crime (USKOK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis case was stolen, it was taken away from the EPPO,\u201d he said, and further explained: \u201cFirst of all, I have a problem with the fact that the Croatian state even needs an external judicial body and is unable to rid itself of HDZ\u2019s corruption, which is the root of that corruption. And then, if that corruption exists, we should deal with it ourselves. Clearly, we are not, and as long as that remains the case, we need some kind of judicial crutch, which is the EPPO, where Croatian prosecutors work under the hierarchy of some figure in Brussels. I would prefer if there were no EPPO and that the State Attorney\u2019s Office (DORH) handled all of this instead. The DORH, under Turudi\u0107\u2019s leadership \u2013 whom Plenkovi\u0107 brutally imposed, with some obediently raising their hands in support \u2013 is the reality. Until that reality becomes a distant memory, I won\u2019t tire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commenting on the Bero\u0161 affair, in the context of the same question, President Milanovi\u0107 further said: \u201cLet\u2019s not make it a golden calf or a sacred cow. It\u2019s an investigative body doing its job. The principle of procedural opportunity says that anyone reasonable and responsible would hand this over to the EPPO if there was even a minimal level of trust. Don\u2019t engage in a jurisdictional dispute, but say, \u2018You\u2019re handling it? Fine, we lack the personnel and resources anyway. Continue your work.\u2019 This is concealment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Milanovi\u0107, among other things, responded to the remark that he has not been speaking out often lately. \u201cAs for my silence, if it weren\u2019t for me, the Croatian public would not know what Turudi\u0107 was doing at night, in cars, on the streets of Zagreb \u2013 meeting with people under investigation while serving as the President of the County Court. That is what I spoke about. I don\u2019t feel the need to shout, scream, or accuse everyone. Perhaps I did that too much in the past. But I will not descend into this kind of quagmire and bickering,\u201d said the President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What has been your best presidential move in the past five years, and what has been your biggest failure, the President was asked. \u201cYou can save that for <em>Potjera<\/em> or some other quiz show, or a reality programme. A question like that is answered the same way as being asked to describe yourself in one word. \u2018Beware the man of one book\u2019 and the man who fits into one word,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107 in an interview with Croatian Radiotelevision.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI started this term in a very good mood for cooperation. What did I experience before I even managed to utter my first sentence to the Prime Minister? That this would be a tough cohabitation. What does that mean? I tried to work, to cooperate. For three years, I\u2019ve been calling for constitutional bodies to meet to discuss issues that are important for national security, which must not be discussed publicly. These calls have been ignored\u2026 while top military officers are summoned to participate in political skirmishes in parliament. This must be firmly opposed,\u201d the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 said Tuesday evening in an interview with the main news programme of Croatian Radiotelevision (HRT), Dnevnik. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35127,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-35128","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Milanovi\u0107: On Day One after My Victory, I\u2019ll Invite Plenkovi\u0107 to Pantov\u010dak to Discuss National Security and Defense - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.predsjednik.hr\/en\/news\/president-milanovic-on-day-one-after-my-victory-ill-invite-plenkovic-to-pantovcak-to-discuss-national-security-and-defense\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"President Milanovi\u0107: On Day One after My Victory, I\u2019ll Invite Plenkovi\u0107 to Pantov\u010dak to Discuss National Security and Defense - President of the Republic of Croatia - Zoran Milanovi\u0107\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cI started this term in a very good mood for cooperation. 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