Croatians went to the polls on Sunday amid a deepening economic crisis and concerns over high-level corruption to elect a president to steer the Balkans country into the European Union.
Croatians are choosing a successor to popular centrist Stipe Mesic, who stands down in February after serving the maximum two five-year terms and successfully transforming the country from a nationalist autocracy into a parliamentary democracy.The opinion polls show that the winner will be decided in a run-off with none of the 12 candidates likely to secure more than 50 percent support needed for an outright victory.
Ivo Josipovic of the main opposition Social Democrats (SDP) is virtually assured a place in the run-off as polls give him an average lead of 15 percentage points over his opponents.
The 52-year-old legal expert and classical music composer, who has an untarnished political career but lacks political charisma, is likely to face either controversial Zagreb mayor Milan Bandic or businessman Nadan Vidosevic.
Polls suggest a neck-and-neck race between the populist Bandic, 54, a former veteran SDP member, and Vidosevic, 49, a former member of the ruling conservative Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) who has headed the Croatian Chamber of Commerce since 1995.
3 comments:
zadovoljna rezultatima?
šerif je već počeo s novom taktikom.
Sicher misliš na daljinski u Bandićevim rukama.
ma kriva mu je taktika, s takvim načinom će još više glasova izgubiti
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