President Zoran Milanovic on Monday commented on an incident that had occurred during a protest against Covid certificates in Zagreb on Saturday, saying that attacks on journalists were outrageous and that the incident involved "a handful of louts," state agency Hina said.

“There were a lot of people at the protest. There were people who have nothing to do with this madness we have been listening to, who are educated, vaccinated, some of whom I know personally. They didn’t come to hear that idiot Franciskovic or see some parliamentarians,” he said.

Hina did not explain who Franciskovic might be.

Milanovic commented on Covid certificates in army barracks, questioning what can be achieved with them considering that most soldiers are vaccinated. “There are people who do not want to be tested, which I don’t quite understand this, but which genius has studied how this impacts the combat readiness of our healthy and young soldiers,” said Milanovic.

Commenting further on the protest, Milanovic assessed that it was chaotic because it was a “spontaneous revolt.” He questioned what the point was of restrictions if vaccinated people can pass on the virus almost as much as those who have not been vaccinated.

“If we are doing all this because of overcrowded hospitals, then why didn’t we prepare ourselves for this excess. It’s inhumane to divide people into those who have been vaccinated and those who haven’t,” he said.