Plenkovic called the opposition for a ‘completely debut sport’: Puljak poisoned the political space …
HDZ president Andrej Plenkovic On Sunday, after the second round of local elections, he stated that the HDZ « played great games », pointing out that the party made additional progress and for the first time from four big cities in power in two, which is a huge success.
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Zagreb: Andrej Plenkovic made a statement to the media about the results of the second round of local elections
Congratulations to all local officials who have won power in the next four years, Plenkovic said that the HDZ was truly satisfied with the results and that in comparison to the record result in the 2021 election. Additional progress was made in this election.
Croatia has a total of 576 local and regional self -government units, and the HDZ won 280 and 48.6 percent. « This is a very convincing HDZ victory, » he said with the applause of the gathered party officials. Compared to 2021. These are 12 local units more. The HDZ won 15 counties (equally compared to 2021), and holds 75 percent of the counties to partners and for the first time in two of the four big cities.
In total, the HDZ won 61 city, five more than in 2021, and together with partners holds 47.6 percent of cities. He won 204 municipalities (7 more than in 2021) holds 47.6 percent of all municipalities with partners, Plenkovic said.
He particularly congratulated the winner, as he said, the main political matches of the evening – Tomislav is silentwho is the new mayor of Split. It is the second of the four largest cities where the HDZ has gained confidence, along with Osijek. « Two of four cities are a huge success, » Plenkovic said.
He pointed out the « 100 % result » in Dalmatia. « The counties and the center of the county, with numerous other victories, have shown that Dalmatia is firmly in the hands of our officials, » he said.
Croatia again paid
He congratulated HDZ local officials on the results achieved and claimed that the results show that « the HDZ played great this game ».
« When we look at everything, no matter what the opposition will want to imagine, Croatia is again paid. And the most important message of things are in its place again. The HDZ is practically at the level of results for parliamentary elections and for the European elections and is convincingly the most powerful political party in Croatia, » he said.
Plenkovic said he would continue with the policy of the even development of Croatia and pointed out that they were following three years without choice if something was not unforeseen. « And it doesn’t seem to me, » he said, adding that the Government, Parliament and newly elected local officials can now be focused on the most important thing – to work for Croatia and their midst.
Plenkovic also congratulated the new mayor of Vukovar Marian Pavlicek saying that the Government will continue to work for Vukovar as well as all these years.
The result in Vukovar will not affect the coalition with DP
He said that the result in Vukovar, where the DP candidate the HDZ supported did not win, would not influence the DP coalition potential, which has three ministers in the Government, and has not achieved a significant result in the local elections.
« We continue our cooperation at the national level with all partners regardless of local matches. It has been agreed firmly. We learned to hold a parliamentary majority very stable. If we have overcome one sport for the last nine years then that is the one, » Plenkovic said.
He said it was a great and beneficial victory for Split for the victory of Tomislav in Split.
« Rarely is anyone poisoning the political space as much as Puljak and his followers by scaring people of the HDZ. And it was generally a national sport of opposition, which is completely fat. I say that intentionally now. Because such something untrue, false and persistently repeated, it is best seen in the result in Split, ”Plenkovic said.
