During his stay in Zabok where he attended a presentation of \u201cre-GENERATOR\u201c, a project for the renovation and conversion of the old ZIVT factory\u2019s industrial premises into a centre of urban culture, the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 commented, among others, the Government\u2019s move, whereby it interpreted the programme of Zlata \u0110ur\u0111evi\u0107, a candidate for president of the Supreme Court, in a press release. President Milanovi\u0107 affirms that the \u201cGovernment is interfering in the election of the president of the Supreme Court in an absolutely unconstitutional way\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is the umpteenth time that Plenkovi\u0107 and his clique are violating the Constitution. They issue a press release on the Government\u2019s website, yet where is the Government mentioned as a stakeholder and factor in the election of the Supreme Court president? HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union), fine. But the Government? That\u2019s the mind of a man who grew up on communist and socialist postulates, graduated on that topic and in general is a product of such a milieu. If I were the Prime Minister, I would never dream of involving the Government\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his opinion, they want to discredit Zlata \u0110ur\u0111evi\u0107 at any cost. \u201cThey want to obstruct her at any cost, discourage her, destroy her will, say that she\u2019s violating the law, associate her with, according to the HDZ, some controversial laws, which is also a lie. They want to depict her as incompetent, illiterate, dangerous even. This is an attempt at defaming her based on her thinking and critical mind. There are people who think, read, analize, make comparative analyses, say how things function in Europe and here, where things aren\u2019t working well, why things aren\u2019t well and perhaps how they could be changed. Therefore, she\u2019s an independent person, she\u2019s demonstrated this several times. That\u2019s an inconvenience\u201d, the President of the Republic said, and repeated that \u201cthe Government in interfering in a process where it has no place to be\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In replying to reporters\u2019 questions, President Milanovi\u0107 also commented the procurement of fighter aircraft. \u201cI wonder what\u2019s going on with the procurement of fighter aircraft? Six months have passed since the commission made recommendations. Plenkovi\u0107 and \u0160eks need six months\u2019 time to make a decision between most likely two options. Where is that decision made? I have kept silent for a few months. In February, some members of Parliament, not from the SDP (Social Democratic Party), said that the decision should be made and that they have their support. Still nothing. Why not? Local elections? What kind of responsibility is that? Where did Mr. Plenkovi\u0107 learn that?\u201d, the President of the Republic wondered, and added that \u201cthe same story is being repeated in Croatian hospitals, plagued by scandals, a shame, drug procurement, wholesale pharmacies,…\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked if he is inclined to convene a session of the Defense Council, Milanovi\u0107 said that \u201che\u2019s not opposed to that\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs Prime Minister, in his situation I would feel ill at ease to make such a decision only with a few buddies in the HDZ or perhaps ask someone in Brussels, which is ten times worse. If he doesn\u2019t want to share this responsibility, I\u2019ll take a defensive position although I\u2019m Commander in Chief and one day I\u2019ll be the one responsible for the use and efficiency of this equipment on whose procurement he decides. They\u2019re exclusively creating new problems, and aren\u2019t able to solve old ones\u201d, President Milanovi\u0107 concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During his stay in Zabok where he attended a presentation of \u201cre-GENERATOR\u201c, a project for the renovation and conversion of the old ZIVT factory\u2019s industrial premises into a centre of urban culture, the President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 commented, among others, the Government\u2019s move, whereby it interpreted the programme of Zlata \u0110ur\u0111evi\u0107, a candidate for president of the Supreme Court, in a press release. President Milanovi\u0107 affirms that the \u201cGovernment is interfering in the election of the president of the Supreme Court in an absolutely unconstitutional way\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9360,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-9374","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n