ZAGREB, February 8, 2020 – The spokesman for Andrej Plenković’s campaign for intra-party elections of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) confirmed on Friday that apart from Plenković, who is running for top position in the party leader, War Veterans’ Affairs Minister Tomo Medved would be the nominee for the party’s deputy leader.
The other nominees for four vice president positions are Transport Minister Oleg Butković, Foreign Ministry’s State Secretary Zdravka Bušić, HDZ whiip, Branko Bačić, and Osijek-Baranja County Prefect Ivan Anušić.
The new leadership will be elected in line with one member, one vote principle on 15 March. If a second round of the election will be necessary, it will be held on 22 March.
Spokesman for Plenković’s team, Davor Božinović, said on Friday that the members of the team led by Plenković had proven themselves in their professional and political life.
He is also confident that the HDZ and the government could continue to be successful under Plenković’s leadership.
Presidential hopefuls are supposed to collect over 10,000 signatures from HDZ members in the period from 10 to 28 February, or 5% of the total number of members. There are some 210,000 registered members of this the largest political party in the country.
In late January, HDZ parliamentarians Miro Kovač, and Davor Ivo Stier, who used to be foreign ministers, as well as Vukovar Mayor Ivan Penava confirmed at a joint news conference that that they would run in the forthcoming party elections as a team. Kovač and Penava will be contesting for the party’s leader and deputy leader, while Stier said he would run for one of the four positions of vice presidents.
Medved, who is running for the position of the HDZ deputy leader, said today that Plenković’s team had prepared an integrated and affirmative programme for the serious and responsible polices for running Croatia.
“The team will win these (intra-party) elections and the parliamentary elections next autumn.”
An important element in Plenković’s team that it is clearly reflected, is that the Homeland War and Croatian veterans are the strongest foundation of the independent and sovereign Croatia and in that light, I will play a great role, said Medved.
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