Ex-PM blasts new authorities as "criminal, pro-Ustasha"
Zoran Milanovic said on Monday he was concerned that "people from a criminal, spying, and pro-Ustasha coalition" are coming to power in Croatia.
Source: B92, Tanjug
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Last week, post election negotiations between SDP and an independent list dubbed "Most" ("Bridge") broke down just as it seemed an agreement would be reached to make the Most leader, Bozo Petrov, Croatia's next prime minister. Instead, Petrov struck a deal with the HDZ-led Patriotic Coalition, giving Oreskovic the chance to form the country's next cabinet.
"There are some things in life we cannot choose," Milanovic told reporters on Monday, adding that "this government is the choice of the Most list - one they will have to live with."
Milanovic accused Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandic of being "responsible" for the outcome of the post-election talks, and described him as a man accused of serious crimes.
According to the former prime minister, Croatia has reached "the nadir, in the democratic sense."
"This is not a return to the old - this situation is worse than the old," he said, adding, "no malice or irony intended, we have a problem."
"Ours is a small country, we are not rich, and the way we are represented abroad is very important - whether or not as politically strong persons, and when that is lacking they know there are no clear democratic processes in the country, and that somebody else is making the decisions," Milanovic stated.
As for the Most coalition, Milanovic said:
"That's their choice, they will have to live with it, get up and pray to God or to whatever they believe in. The coalition they chose, which was unfortunately put together by Bandic, who is accused, and by former chiefs of secret services, contains transparently Ustasha elements."
The Ustasha regime was in power in the Nazi-allied Independent State of Croatia (NDH) during the Second World War.
Milanovic also said that his party will "continue to fight and not give up" while in opposition, and that the country's new authorities are being formed "thanks to (parliament) representatives' fear of repeated parliamentary elections."
These are serious accusations, like Merkels opposition calling her and elements of her cabinet Nazi's. Sore loser or not, there are other ways to illustrate your frustration. I guess we'll see.
(Waiters, 31 December 2015 21:17)
All these people trying to call croatia fascist, as if all of Serbia's population isn't fascist, look at their government, look at all the supporters of seselj
(Pope F, 29 December 2015 02:58)
Thank god this commo twit is no longer in power. Such a sore loser. The best thing this fool can do is head over to Beograd, visit Tito's tomb and sob to the rotting corpse about how he could not create another socialist country in the region. Thank god the Croatian people grew a brain and ousted this pathetic loser.
(Baba, 29 December 2015 01:09)
Wonder what he thinks of Serbian government made of Nikolic, Vucic, Dacic, Vulin? They all took part and supported Sloba during his insane wars.
(Avni, 29 December 2015 00:04)
Croatia us the most fascist state in the EU. And it would be better if they were thrown out, but Berlin is protecting its protege.
(Tony (a Brit in Berlin), 28 December 2015 18:14)
We Serb's have been saying that for Decades!
It took the former Croatian Prime minister, for the world to take notice.
(sasa.p, 28 December 2015 16:19)
Where are all the Croats on this board who always accuse Serbs of reverting to the Ustasha past when discussing current events in Croatia? Here you have your former Prime Minister who was elected by the Croat people stating publicly that Croatia has Ustasha elements within it and is moving toward an undemocratic future. Will you blame the Serbs for this also???
As predicted, Croatia is unraveling. The election of Kolinda from the nationalist HDZ party has set the country back 50 years. Congratulations to the EU on your newest member.
(njegos, 28 December 2015 15:29)
Where are all the Croats on this board who always accuse Serbs of reverting to the Ustasha past when discussing current events in Croatia? Here you have your former Prime Minister who was elected by the Croat people stating publicly that Croatia has Ustasha elements within it and is moving toward an undemocratic future. Will you blame the Serbs for this also???
As predicted, Croatia is unraveling. The election of Kolinda from the nationalist HDZ party has set the country back 50 years. Congratulations to the EU on your newest member.
(njegos, 28 December 2015 15:29)
We Serb's have been saying that for Decades!
It took the former Croatian Prime minister, for the world to take notice.
(sasa.p, 28 December 2015 16:19)
Croatia us the most fascist state in the EU. And it would be better if they were thrown out, but Berlin is protecting its protege.
(Tony (a Brit in Berlin), 28 December 2015 18:14)
Thank god this commo twit is no longer in power. Such a sore loser. The best thing this fool can do is head over to Beograd, visit Tito's tomb and sob to the rotting corpse about how he could not create another socialist country in the region. Thank god the Croatian people grew a brain and ousted this pathetic loser.
(Baba, 29 December 2015 01:09)
Wonder what he thinks of Serbian government made of Nikolic, Vucic, Dacic, Vulin? They all took part and supported Sloba during his insane wars.
(Avni, 29 December 2015 00:04)
All these people trying to call croatia fascist, as if all of Serbia's population isn't fascist, look at their government, look at all the supporters of seselj
(Pope F, 29 December 2015 02:58)
These are serious accusations, like Merkels opposition calling her and elements of her cabinet Nazi's. Sore loser or not, there are other ways to illustrate your frustration. I guess we'll see.
(Waiters, 31 December 2015 21:17)
All these people trying to call croatia fascist, as if all of Serbia's population isn't fascist, look at their government, look at all the supporters of seselj
(Pope F, 29 December 2015 02:58)
Wonder what he thinks of Serbian government made of Nikolic, Vucic, Dacic, Vulin? They all took part and supported Sloba during his insane wars.
(Avni, 29 December 2015 00:04)
Where are all the Croats on this board who always accuse Serbs of reverting to the Ustasha past when discussing current events in Croatia? Here you have your former Prime Minister who was elected by the Croat people stating publicly that Croatia has Ustasha elements within it and is moving toward an undemocratic future. Will you blame the Serbs for this also???
As predicted, Croatia is unraveling. The election of Kolinda from the nationalist HDZ party has set the country back 50 years. Congratulations to the EU on your newest member.
(njegos, 28 December 2015 15:29)
We Serb's have been saying that for Decades!
It took the former Croatian Prime minister, for the world to take notice.
(sasa.p, 28 December 2015 16:19)
Thank god this commo twit is no longer in power. Such a sore loser. The best thing this fool can do is head over to Beograd, visit Tito's tomb and sob to the rotting corpse about how he could not create another socialist country in the region. Thank god the Croatian people grew a brain and ousted this pathetic loser.
(Baba, 29 December 2015 01:09)
Croatia us the most fascist state in the EU. And it would be better if they were thrown out, but Berlin is protecting its protege.
(Tony (a Brit in Berlin), 28 December 2015 18:14)
These are serious accusations, like Merkels opposition calling her and elements of her cabinet Nazi's. Sore loser or not, there are other ways to illustrate your frustration. I guess we'll see.
(Waiters, 31 December 2015 21:17)