Gotovina will use his social and political influence and enter the race for president?

General Ante Gotovina will certainly get involved in politics and use the social and political influence he has, but without party involvement and probably with the sentence "I didn't want it, but that's what the people ask of me", assessed Croatian political analyst Davor Gjenero.

"You always have people who have such a position in society, sooner or later, get into a situation where they enter politics and then define it with the sentence: 'I didn't want it, but that's what the people ask of me,'" commented Gjenero for the Anadolu Agency. about the possible future political involvement of the retired Croatian general.

"It will happen sooner or later with Gotovina as well. But Gotovina is much better prepared than most people expected. He has had time to think about his position in these eight years, he will not act in the short term and according to current impulses like most politicians ".

Gotovina could only be interested in the position of the president of Croatia, and the head of state Ivo Josipović is aware of that, and that is why he is offering him an advisory position in his team, the political analyst said.

Gotovina could only be interested in the position of the president of Croatia, and the head of state Ivo Josipović is aware of that, and that is why he is offering him an advisory position in his team, said the political analyst.

Gjenero does not believe that Gotovina will appear as an opponent to Josipović in the elections in late 2014 or early 2015, but after that everything is possible.

"Cash for the President" posters, Index.hr reminded, could be seen at the welcome gatherings from The Hague, although Gotovina still claims that he will not be active in politics.

"I am almost certain that Gotovina does not need a party engagement and that he is aware that party activities would severely limit him," said Gjenero and assessed that the retired general could enter politics independently as a citizen or as part of some non-governmental initiative.