Croatian opposition announced victory in the parliamentary elections

The coalition of opposition parties, led by the Croatian democratic community (HDS), announced her victory in the Croatian parliament that took place last Sunday. According to preliminary data, after the counting of about 60 percent of the vote, the opposition receives 61 mandates in 151-seater parliament.

“We won the parliamentary elections. Citizens voted for changes,” said HDS leader Tomislav Karamarko on the air of the local HRT television company. The politician also emphasized that he calls for cooperation everyone who wants changes and who is ready to fight for a quality life in Croatia.

“We will fight for every workplace, for every abandoned field, for every young man or girl who decided to leave the country,” TASS quoted Karamarko. He also congratulated the batch of a bridge that took third place and received preliminary 19 seats in parliament, and after the performance, the opposition celebrated the victory with champagne along with his environment.

The Prime Minister of Serbia Alexander Vuchich congratulated the leader of the CDU on the election, the Tanjug agency reports. "I send you sincere congratulations on the results of the vote, which your party has achieved in the parliamentary elections," the head of government said.

Croatian President Kolind Grabar-Kitarovich commented on the results of the parliamentary elections in national television. She stated that it was still about preliminary results, but still congratulated “everyone who goes to the parliament, and especially the“ patriotic coalition. ”“ I urge everyone who will enter the new composition of the parliament, show their responsibility and put the interests of the Croatian state and people above party interests, ”the head of state concluded.

The second place is preliminarily occupied by the Social Democratic Party of the Prime Minister of Croatia Zoran Milanovich. SDP, according to the results of a partial vote count, receives 52 parliamentary seats.

Note that the elections took place against the backdrop of a large -scale crisis with migrants and problems in the economy. During the election campaign, Karamarko relied on the balance between sympathy for migrants and the protection of national interests that, as analysts noted, many voters liked. The ruling coalition of Milanovich, in turn, built her campaign on economic aspects and regularly accused the opposition of corruption.

Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Croatia said that more than 11 thousand migrants had already arrived in the country. To limit the influx of migrants to the country, the authorities were forced to close the border crossings on the border with Serbia. At the same time, Serbia, who let in migrants, sharply opposed. The Minister of Labor, Employment, on Veterans and Social Affairs of Serbia, Alexander Vulin, threatened Croatia with international courts if it closes the border.