Social Democrat Mihael Zmajlović will run for Zagreb County head, the HSS Zagreb County branch, and the current deputy county head, Hrvoje Frankić, will run for his deputy.
The two coalition candidates strongly criticized current county head Stjepan Kožić, who was elected as an HSS candidate four years ago. In the first year of his term, he left the HSS, formed his own party, and formed a coalition with the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).
Zmajlović and Frankić promised they would not let such a scenario happen again.
Zmajlović said that voters would say in the May 16 election what they think about Kožić’s post-election coalition and shady deals with HDZ members who had ended up as indictees of the USKOK anti-corruption office.
The two candidates said their vision of Zagreb County’s development was based on a modern, efficient, and transparent administration guaranteeing development and high living standards, available health and education services, and transport connectivity.
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