ZAGREB, October 29, 2018 – Prime Minister Andrej Plenković said on Monday that all parliamentary parties that made up ruling majority, supported him as the prime minister, and the government’s agenda and activities.
Plenković was responding to reporters who asked him whether he had convinced his partners to remain in the government should a reshuffle occur. I haven’t noticed that there were any outstanding issues, he said. We conduct regular meetings with partners and so far I haven’t heard of any problems, Plenković said and added that all partners were important.
Earlier in the day, some parties announced they would leave the ruling coalition if the prime minister were to admit Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić’s representatives into the cabinet.
He said that he would attend the presentation of former economy minister Martina Dalić’s book because he was interested in her view of an important process. He underscored that he wasn’t interested in anything MOST party leader Božo Petrov had to say including his opinion of Martina Dalić’s book.
He said that the process in the Petrokemija artificial fertiliser plant has been going on for several months and that since coming into office, his government has been working on Petrokemija’s recapitalisation. He underscored that that was one of the inherited topics in Croatia’s economic transition that were put on this government’s agenda in one lot. Today’s decisions are a prerequisite for the process of recapitalisation to be rounded off in two or three days and for a new phase to be launched in Petrokemija based on a new ownership structure, Plenković said.
With reference to the Sisak refinery, he said that the government was looking for a comprehensive solution together with the majority partners in INA at the moment and that it be sustainable, the prime minister said.
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