ZAGREB, November 6, 2020 – Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Friday that Tomislav Coric would continue to be minister despite the fact that the opposition had launched “an action aimed at destabilising the government.”
Asked for a comment on the opposition’s motion for a no-confidence vote in Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Tomislav Coric, Plenkovic said that the opposition had launched “some kind of action aimed at destabilising the government on three counts”.
According to Plenkovic, the first one is the commission of inquiry, and he says there will be no such thing, especially not to be used as a political instrument for attracting the attention of the media for six months, until the local elections, with the opposition creating an image that the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) is corrupt. He underscored that a motion for establishing a commission on inquiry could be based on a specific topic rather than on a mishmash of topics.
Secondly, there is the interpellation on the Krs-Padjene wind park, to which the government has responded with arguments.
“We will show that it is a project that has lasted for 17 years, that all governments during that period were involved in it, and that the key decision granting (the Padjene wind park) the status of preferential electricity producer was adopted during the Zoran Milanovic government,” Plenkovic said.
As for the third point, the initiative for a vote of no confidence against Minister Coric, Prime Minister said that this time they had chosen the minister.
“We will see what they have written, respond to them, have a discussion, they will not get the 76 votes they need, and he will still be minister,” Plenkovic said, adding that the opposition will then probably move on to Minister Beros, the situation in the health system and so on.
