President Vesna Skare-Ozbolt said the party would be ready for a political showdown at the coming election and that it was ready for a different Croatia without leaning either towards the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) or the Social Democrats (SDP), the strongest opposition party, because it was against political trading and compromises.
She accused the HDZ-led government of hypocrisy, saying it was best evidenced in the case of general Ante Gotovina, who is awaiting trial before the Hague war crimes tribunal.
Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said in 2003 that he would not extradite Croatian generals and won votes, and as soon as he came into office he extradited them and is now asking for Gotovina's provisional release because he needs those votes again, she said.
She also recalled that the Council for Assistance to Defence Teams the DC had formed to prepare the teams defending Croatians indicted by the UN Court had come to a standstill.
Vice president Josko Moric presented a programme for quick employment called "Zapazi" (Take Notice), according to which 157,000 people could find jobs.
Under the programme, 78,000 active companies and 105 strong ones could reduce unemployment by 60 per cent if each employed two and 10 people respectively, Moric said, adding that the acceptance of the programme would be the condition under which the DC would agree to post-election coalitions.