Zagreb mayor to run for the president of Croatia
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Zagreb - The mayor of Croatia's capital Zagreb, Milan Bandic, announced Thursday he will run for the president in the country's December 27 elections. Bandic, 54, is one of the most popular politicians in the country. The announcement of his candidacy, is a clear sign that the Social Democrat (SDP) - who had a long dispute with his party's leadership - has finally separated from it and will run solo. After his announcement, the SDP said Bandic is no longer a member. The SDP's candidate for president, Ivo Josipovic, has a slight advantage in polls, but media speculate that he stands little chance against Bandic. The first round of elections is scheduled for December 27. If no candidate gets an absolute majority, the second round will be held on January 10. The incumbent president, Stjepan Mesic, will not run again since he has already served two terms.
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Milan Bandic
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Andjelko Galic ,
Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:38:39 GMT
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Milan Bandic is one of the most corrupt political figures in Croatia right now. He is a communist, not just in theory but in practice.
There is no freedom of press or expression in today's Socialist Republic of Croatia. All state wide media is controlled by two major branchase (HDZ and SDP) of the former Coomunist Party of Yugoslavia.
Milan Bandic, for reasons that are unknown and unrelated to any legitimate election related issues, controls the list of registered voters in the XI. district (all Croatians living outside of today's borders of Croatia). Many of the registered voters in that district are in fact dead people and Bandic refused to update the list.
In the 2005 presidential elections it was exactly via fraud in the 11th district that Boris Miksic was eliminated from the second round.
So much for democracy in today's Croatia.
Andjelko Galic
www.blogihrvati.com
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