Asked by the press outside City Hall if Bandić, who ran the city for 20 years, would be remembered as a negative or positive politician, Plenković said it was evident how much he had tried to do good things for Zagreb.
There are good and less good things about anyone involved in politics, Plenković said, adding, “Time will tell.”
During his 20-year-long mayoral term, Bandić contributed to the development of the city and to the implementation of many projects, he demonstrated huge energy and enthusiasm, and what is crucial – he worked for Zagreb every day, the premier said.
Plenković thanked the late mayor for the positive things he did for residents of Zagreb and their city as well as for other parts of Croatia.
Plenković wrote in the condolence book that the residents of Zagreb had elected Bandić six times to the post of mayor.
In the last five years, as Prime Minister, I cooperated with the mayor and we supported the development of the Croatian capital. “As a politician and man, Mayor Bandić was distinctive for his inexhaustible working energy and enthusiasm,” Plenković wrote.
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