The three-member court decided to expel Podrug over his inappropriate speech at the Alka Knights Society election convention on 8 April when he insulted Croatian President Stjepan Mesic and Sinj town officials, court president Andrija Filipovic Grcic said after today's session.
The head of the Croatian Pure Party of Rights (HCSP) and member of the Alka Knights Society (VAD), Podrug, who last Saturday called President Mesic a traitor, resigned from the VAD on last Wednesday.
In a letter to the VAD, Podrug said he was appalled by the fact that he was subjected to a public lynching campaign only because he had the courage to state his opinion, which he said "was the opinion of the VAD until recently".
At today's constituting session of the Alka Knights Society Board, a 66-year old doctor from Sinj, Stipe Jukic, was elected new president. The head of Hrvace municipality, Dinko Bosnjak, was elected his deputy.
The Alka Society was established in tribute to the people of the Sinj region, southern Croatia, who defeated invading Ottoman Turks in battle in August 1715. In memory of that event, every August the Society organises a jousting tournament in which "Alkars", lance-wielding horsemen dressed in traditional costume, match their skills as they target a metal ring ("Alka") suspended over a race track.