Milanović: Plenković’s Cynicism Ruining Croatia Spiritually, Materially

That letter is to his defence minister and is classified, Milanović told press. In the letter, he said, the military chief-of-staff “warns, asks, even tells (the minister) that he is harassing the entire system, that he is strategically mobbing him and jeopardising the system.”

“That document is not secret, I can declassify and make it public tomorrow, but I wanted Plenković to read it first. I wrote in the letter that I ask him to pay special attention to it… One corrupt loony can cause enormous damage, which is currently happening,” the president said, alluding to Defence Minister Mario Banožić.

Speaking of a scandal involving the transport of bishops by a Navy vessel, he said the military must not be used for that and would not be any more as long as he was president. Banožić brought the bishops into an awkward position, he added.

As for the prime minister’s statement that the Navy would not be ruined because of that transport, Milanović asked him if the EU would be ruined because of the recently arrested former EU funds minister Gabrijela Žalac.

Such a cynical approach by the prime minister when someone commits an evident offence with criminal intent, that’s favouring, that’s protection, he said.

Banožić is a case for OLAF and should be removed at once

Milanović said that due to Banožić’s arbitrariness, the soldiers escorting him were not receiving per diems. That’s a crime, that’s his revenge. We’ll see how to legally stop such barbarous behaviour, he added. “Banožić is a case for OLAF (European Anti-Fraud Office) and should be removed at once.”

The president reiterated that he would “sit at the table only with Plenković,” not with Banožić.

Fitch rating upgrade expected

Commenting on the Fitch Ratings agency’s upgrade of Croatia’s credit rating, Milanović said it had been announced and expected due to Croatia’s upcoming euro area entry.

Asked to comment on Žalac’s arrest earlier this week, he wondered how Plenković would explain in Brussels “this fiasco with EU funds and the people he trusted. Because this is a fiasco. Such outrageous things rarely happen. This is indeed an outrage.”

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