SDP leader Pedja Grbin said on Wednesday that the majority in the Zagreb City Assembly would "definitely be formed" while the SDP branch in Zagreb would be dissolved to prevent the SDP from turning into "an employment office." 

Addressing a news conference on decisions adopted at a session of the party leadership on Tuesday, Grbin said that the session focused on two topics – dissolution of the party’s Zagreb branch and the course of negotiations on the formation of the majority in the Zagreb City Assembly.

“I can say with certainty that on 17 June, when the Zagreb City Assembly is to be inaugurated, the majority will be formed. The SDP considers it an obligation towards the residents of Zagreb because we know that after years of poor governance, Zagreb deserves better,” he said.

He noted that talks with the winner of the local election in Zagreb, the We Can! platform, including on the post of Zagreb City Assembly president, were under way.

As for the functioning of party branches, Grbin said that the most important decision made by the party leadership yesterday was the one on the dissolution of the Zagreb branch.

He recalled that a few months ago the party leadership decided to dissolve bodies of that party branch, adding that that decision had not proven sufficient to stop some bad processes that had been happening and make sure the branch operated as it should, focusing on citizens’ problems.

“… This decision concerns those who have started treating the SDP as an employment service, who want to use it exclusively for their personal benefit,” Grbin said, adding that the party’s purpose was to work for the wellbeing of citizens and that radical decisions such as the latest one were sometimes necessary.

He said that concrete names would be discussed within the party and at a meeting of its Main Committee on Saturday.