HDZ leader:

'Party will discipline young party member for act of vandalism'

28.01.2013 u 17:06

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Leader of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) Tomislav Karamarko on Monday condemned the vandals that recently placed an explosive device in Zagreb's main square, adding that one of those vandals who was a member of the party's youth group would face party disciplinary actions.

"We will see what his role in the incident was and will act accordingly. We disprove of vandalism that threatens the safety of people and condemn it in any case", Karamarko told reporters in Parliament House.

Karamarko assessed that the situation with Slovenia was quite bad and that it was necessary to remove the dispute of the now defunct Ljubljanska Bank away from the focus of the ratification of Croatia's accession treaty.

He reflected on Sunday's local elections in the southern town of Drnis where HDZ's delegate was elected for mayor after eight years.

"Here we finally have a realistic survey. We are constantly being bombarded with various surveys which indicate that HDZ is losing popularity and the Social Democratic Party (SDP) which is ruining the country economically, is gaining good results and PM Milanovic's rating is on the rise. These elections are a realistic survey - 65%. This is a good sign of the situation in the field despite of our alleged poor image portrayed by the media," he said, referring to the fact that the HDZ candidate won the mayoral election in Drnis, gaining 65% of the vote, and his rival of the Croatian People's Party (HNS), a member of the ruling coalition at the state level gaining 35%.

He confirmed that the HDZ had invited US Professor of Law Education Judith Reisman, better known for her film "Kinsey's Syndrome" and her open support to HTV reporter Karolina Vidovic Kristo when her current affairs programme "The Image of Croatia" was taken off the air after she had broadcast excerpts from the film.

"Where is the problem in this? We are a plural society and have the right to think the way we want to about a particular problem", he said.

Several nongovernmental organisations forwarded an open letter to the parliament, PM Milanovic and President Ivo Josipovic criticising Reisman's visit to the Sabor accusing her of being a controversial homophobe.