Istrian Democratic Party (IDS) leader Ivan Jakovcic said on Monday evening that his party supported what the government was doing in combating corruption, but added that every parliamentary party had a right to request a no-confidence vote in the government if there was reason for it.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting of the IDS presidency in the northern Adriatic city of Pula, Jakovcic said he did not "have much illusion that the government will receive a no-confidence vote, but it's a political act and as such it's part of the democratic tradition in democratic countries."
Jakovcic said that the IDS would support the proposed debate on it because it was part of the political struggle in the Croatian Parliament.
When asked why he thought a vote of no confidence would not be carried, Jakovcic said the strongest opposition party, the Social Democrats (SDP), had not secured a majority for it. "There are not enough hands in Parliament to carry a no-confidence vote, but I repeat, it's a legitimate, democratic political act."
