Speaking at a party gathering in Zagreb on Saturday, Racan called on the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) to support the SDP's proposal, saying that the HDZ had "all the more reason" to do so.
"The plunder in the privatisation process and war profiteering occurred during the HDZ's rule and their people benefitted from it," Racan said at the meeting held under the slogan "Croatia Needs Changes", at which SDP officials commented on what they claim have been three years of an inefficient and irresponsible HDZ rule.
"Croatia needs changes and a successful government," the SDP leader said.
He went on to say that the lack of efficiency on the part of the HDZ was doing damage to Croatia, which was evident from decreasing living standards, low economic growth, high inflation, growing unemployment, growing crime and corruption, losses in the health system and lower pension allowances and salaries.
Racan also said that the HDZ was unable to distance itself from corruption scandals and war profiteering and was therefore trying to implicate its critics.
The SDP continues to advocate cooperation among all political forces regarding Croatia's admission to the European Union and has therefore proposed establishing the so-called Alliance for Europe, but it won't tolerate the alliance being used "to cover up the inefficiency of Sanader's government", Racan said.
He also mentioned the latest report of the European Commission on Croatia, drawing attention to the fact that the document warned about corruption, organised crime, lack of reforms in the judiciary and public administration, and pressure on the media.
Commenting on the case of SDP vice-president Ingrid Anticevic Marinovic, who recently resigned from the post, Racan said that Anticevic Marinovic had done so at her own request and that she had also requested investigating media reports which accused her of favouritism towards her husband, Zadar lawyer Marko Marinovic, at the time when she was justice minister.
"The public is interested in the result of the investigation, not in its interpretation," Racan said.
Asked if Anticevic Marinovic would take part in the SDP's election campaign, Racan said that the party respected her wish to withdraw from politics and party activities for some time.
The Jutarnji List daily last Wednesday published an article alleging that in 2002, while she was justice minister, Anticevic Marinovic helped a client of her husband's to win lawsuits in connection with the ownership of a petrol station.
The Globus weekly reported that the police suspected Marko Marinovic of trying to use his wife's political clout when she was the minister to amnesty a client of his, a drug dealer from Split.
Ingrid Anticevic Marinovic dismissed the allegations, stating that she had never interfered in her husband's work as a lawyer, just as he had never interfered in her political work.