Djapic said the HSP wanted to know the reasons for the sale of Pliva shares from the state portfolio and to whom they would be sold. He claimed it was not insignificant if jobs and the brand would be retained and if production would stay in Croatia.
Djapic said both the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) were equally responsible for the privatisation process because they had not changed the law on privatisation when they had the chance to.
Djapic also said the two parties began a fierce pre-election campaign with the Pliva sale issue and that the HSP would not side with either party.
Speaking of incidents in connection with the building of a dyke on the Mura river on the Croatian-Slovene border, he said it was unacceptable for the Slovene police to have sent special police against Croatian workers and that Croatia must use all political means to settle its border dispute with Slovenia through arbitration.
Djapic said the HSP was strongly against Brussels' demands that Serb returnees who were former tenancy rights holders be enabled to buy flats. He said Brussels was looking for any possibility of pressure against Croatia, aware of the government's firm determination that Croatia join the European Union.
Enabling returnees to buy flats would be unjust to other Croatian citizens who stayed in Croatia during the war defending it, but still do not own a flat, said Djapic.