"Croatian FM to face ax over protest letter"

The protest note sent to Switzerland over the ban on a controversial singer could cost Croatian FM Gordan Jandrokovic his job, according to daily Nacional. A source close to Prime Minister Jadranka Kosor claims that Jandrokovic will be dismissed following his reaction to the decision by the Swiss government to ban Marko Perkovic, aka Thompson, from entering the country for three years. "Croatian FM to face ax over protest letter" The daily states that Jandrokovic will probably lose his job during the first government reshuffle, both as a result of the controversy and because he has failed to establish himself politically and expertly in the first two years of his mandate. Nacional writes that Jandrokovic has lost the support of Kosor, while he never had the support of President Stjepan Mesic. Jandrokovic lost Kosor’s support when he defended Perkovic without Kosor’s knowledge. Perkovic is known as an extremist who promotes pro-Nazi ideas in his music. Jandrokovic’s defense of the singer reinforced the image many still have of Croatia as a country that refuses to distance itself from extremists, Nacional writes. The text of the protest letter, seen by Nacional, also suggests that Jandrokovic lied to Mesic. He told the president that the ministry had protested over Switzerland referring to the armed conflict in that country in the Nineties as a “civil war,” but the letter clearly shows that Jandrokovic was defending Thompson’s dignity. Around 100 Thompson fans and ultra-right-wing activists held a protest last Friday in front of the Swiss embassy in Zagreb. Gordan Jandrokovic (FoNet, archive)

"Croatian FM to face ax over protest letter"

The daily states that Jandroković will probably lose his job during the first government reshuffle, both as a result of the controversy and because he has failed to establish himself politically and expertly in the first two years of his mandate.

Nacional writes that Jandroković has lost the support of Kosor, while he never had the support of President Stjepan Mesić.

Jandroković lost Kosor’s support when he defended Perković without Kosor’s knowledge. Perković is known as an extremist who promotes pro-Nazi ideas in his music.

Jandroković’s defense of the singer reinforced the image many still have of Croatia as a country that refuses to distance itself from extremists, Nacional writes.

The text of the protest letter, seen by Nacional, also suggests that Jandroković lied to Mesić. He told the president that the ministry had protested over Switzerland referring to the armed conflict in that country in the Nineties as a “civil war,” but the letter clearly shows that Jandroković was defending Thompson’s dignity.

Around 100 Thompson fans and ultra-right-wing activists held a protest last Friday in front of the Swiss embassy in Zagreb.