There is no fifty-fifty division of ambassadorial nominations between the president and the government, Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Monday, rejecting President Zoran Milanovic's claim that he was the defender against HDZ's attempts to have clout on everything.
The prime minister dismissed Milanovic’s accusation that the Croatian Democratic Union is trying to seize all ambassadorial posts in the continuation of a dispute between the president and the government over the appointment of new ambassadors and consuls, which has been going on for several weeks.
“There is no fifty-fifty division,” Plenkovic said in Split.
We won’t choose a few destinations with a few candidates, and leave the rest empty for him, the premier said.
He said ironically that he wasn’t interested in “the practices of our Kissingers, such as Mesic, Josipovic and the like”.
“We aren’t proposing anyone from the street, we aren’t proposing anyone who isn’t competent,” Plenkovic said.
“His (Milanovic’s) idea on him as a defender against the HDZ controlling everything is … untrue,” Plenkovic said, adding that it was Milanovic who twisted the arguments to fit his own preferred conclusions.
He said that Milanovic had received a proposal from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs on the appointment of a dozen ambassadors and that talks would continue when he replied.
“If he doesn’t like someone, if he thinks that he has someone better, and he told me directly — I don’t have anyone — so if you don’t have anyone, suggest someone,” he said.
Milanovic on Tuesday said there was “obstruction of the system” and “the desire and ambition of one party to control everything”.
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