The ruling coalition is falling apart at the seams, Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) president Tomislav Karamarko said on Saturday commenting on the resignation of Tourism Minister Veljko Ostojic, from the Istrian Democratic Party (IDS), and announcements that the IDS might leave the coalition.
Speaking to the press, Karamarko said the coalition was falling apart because the only thing its parties had in common was the desire for power. He said this policy had led "to a complete disaster, with their giving up on each other."
Karamarko described as a tragedy the coalition's claims that its election platform had failed.
Asked if a government reshuffle would be enough or if an early election should be called, he said the HDZ's position was that it would not insist on early elections before Croatia's European Union accession, scheduled for July 1.
He said a reshuffle would not help, accusing the government of "ignorance, incompetence, intolerance and overbearing."
Karamarko does not think the coalition would make it to the end of its four-year term.
