Croatian President Zoran Milanović today called the constitutional judges illiterate gangsters, and their decision that he cannot be a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections, a constitutional coup.
In a statement to reporters in Vela Luka on the island of Korčula, he said that he would eventually be prime minister and called on citizens to unite against the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ).
"We are dealing with such people. I appeal to my colleagues, friends and the Croatian people and citizens, because they will ultimately judge this constitutional crisis, which is a constitutional coup, with such people there is no other way. Therefore, it must be resolved elections," Milanović said, Hina agency reported.
He emphasized that in the end he will be the mandate holder for the composition of the new government and the Croatian Prime Minister, in a legal and decent way, but that "he will not tell that gang how".
Milanović called on citizens to unite against the HDZ and "Andrej Turudić's gang" in the upcoming parliamentary elections on April 17, alluding to Prime Minister Andrej Plenković and the newly elected chief state prosecutor Ivan Turudić, and to vote for the Social Democratic Party's list.
"Everything is good. Nothing is bad, these are the times in which we are fighting for - virtually, not really - life or death," said Milanović.
He called constitutional judges gangsters, peasants and primitives, Indeks.hr reported.
"I will be a candidate in the elections, just as I could be in the European elections. I will not, of course, give myself a mandate. What is controversial, illiterate gangsters," asked Milanović, who repeated that he would not resign from the position of president in order not to handed over all power to the HDZ.
Milanović said that "gangsters will be dealt with after the elections in the Third Republic".
He suggested the parties gathered around the SDP, which supported him for the future prime minister, to be cunning and beware, because "that gang of gangsters has taken them hostage" and threatens political breaks.
SDP President Peđa Grbin said today in Zagreb that the decision of the Constitutional Court of Croatia must be respected and that he must no longer say that President Zoran Milanović is that party's candidate for prime minister, but that he will "exclaim" after the election.
"Rivers of Justice Are Coming"
Milanović announced himself with a short message on social networks since earlier today the Constitutional Court determined that he cannot be a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections while he is in the position of president.
"Rivers of justice are coming," Milanović wrote on Facebook, quoting the title of a song by the Zagreb rock group Film, from the mid-eighties, in which the next verse reads "Rivers of justice will pour out, all over the country in the spring."
He reiterated yesterday that he will not resign from the position of president of Croatia regardless of the decision of the Constitutional Court and that he will remain a candidate for prime minister of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) even if he is not on the party list.
"I will take part in these elections as a candidate for prime minister and win. If the constitutional judges carry out the order of the coward (Prime Minister Andrej) Plenković, as they obediently carried out all his orders in the past years, and prevent me from being a candidate on the list in the first constituency in which if he also runs, our coalition's list will still win," said Milanović.
The decision of President Milanović, the former president of the SDP, to participate in the parliamentary elections on the SDP list and to be that party's candidate for prime minister caused great surprise in the country, as well as controversy over whether he should resign before running for office.
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The Constitutional Court concluded today that Milanović cannot be a candidate in the upcoming parliamentary elections while he holds the presidential office.
The President of the Constitutional Court, Miroslav Šeparović, said that with nine votes "for" and two votes "against", the Constitutional Court determined that Milanović cannot be a candidate in the elections, nor be nominated as a candidate for the future prime minister and thus participate in a political campaign. .
He added that if the president wants to run for office, he must immediately submit his resignation to the president of the Constitutional Court.
"I hope that the president and SDP will respect the Constitutional Court's warning. What if they don't, I don't want to prejudge," said Šeparović when asked about Milanović's earlier announcement that he would remain SDP's candidate for prime minister, regardless of the Constitutional Court's decision.
He warned that this court will use "all powers, which can go as far as annulling all or certain electoral actions and decisions, starting from the candidacy procedure and continuing, including the decision to call the election".
Šeparović also said that Milanović, since Friday when he announced his candidacy, acted unconstitutionally.
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