Coalition: President, Church Should Leave Politics

Mesic, as the president of all citizens should leave room for parties to battle for the trust of the citizens, said Friscic.

The presidents of the coalition HSS (Croatian Peasant’s Party) and HSLS (Croatian Social Liberal Party) and Djurdja Adlesic, told the president of Croatia Stjepan Mesic and the Church, to not interfere with the pre-election campaign, because that is not their place.

At the rally with the citizens of Split, Friscic compared Mesic to sporting personalities that play for all of Croatia, stressing that he as the president of all citizens of Croatia should leave room to the parties to battle over the trust of the voters.

- Nobody in the campaign talks about the real problems that can best be seen in the example that today, a large number of Split’s residents, despite the strong winds and cold weather, patiently wait in line at the fish markets in order to get some sardines – said Friscic, and added that this is the real picture of life in Croatia.

“Did the defenders die for a country that somebody would sell off?”

Friscic mentioned the allegations that he is a Euro-sceptic, saying that it can not be all the same in which way Croatia enters the EU. If the protection of Croatian interests means euro-scepticism, then the whole coalition and I are euro-sceptics for trying to preserve the Croatian sea, land and forests, claims Friscic.

- Those who call upon the defenders in this campaign, should ask them if they died for a country that someone would like to sell now – said Friscic.

His coalition partner Durda Adlesic pointed out the fact that the pre-election campaign has come down to open conflicts between HDZ (Croatian Democratic Union) and SDP (Social democratic Party).

- The conflict is being led by the presidents of those parties, and we especially regret that this campaign will be remembered for the conflicts of the president Stjepan Mesic and the Church, as well as sports personalities interfering in politics – concluded Adlesic.