Homeland Movement leader and Zagreb mayoral hopeful Miroslav Skoro on Monday withdrew a promotional video spot featuring a local rapper, known for flirting with Ustasha and Nazi symbols, and dismissed the head of his multimedia campaign.

“Everything I do in my life is based on the presumption of doing good. That’s how I began my cooperation with young rapper Zvonimir. I hadn’t followed his earlier work nor did I even consider that there could be anything contentious in his creative work. We met absolutely by chance and created a great song together about Zagreb using two different musical genres,” Skoro posted on his Facebook profile.

The Homeland Movement has also dismissed the head of its multimedia campaign.

Rapper Zizi is known for his right wing views and even flirting with Ustasha and Nazi symbols and when asked about their cooperation and joint video, Skoro said at a news conference that he had been informed now about certain things that could be contentious when it came to that entertainer.

I strongly distance myself from any totalitarian regime, anti-Semitism that they are attempting to ascribe to me. I sharply condemn all the crimes of all totalitarian regimes, Ustasha, Chetnik, communist and any form of discrimination and I consider that they should be absolutely prosecuted, he said.