Speaking at a news conference, Glavas said that the candidate for the county prefect was the current prefect Kresimir Bubalo, while a parliamentary deputy and Osijek city councillor, Vladimir Sisljagic, would run for the post of Osijek mayor.
"I will fight for Slavonia and Baranja because I do not want this historical region to be among undeveloped regions and I will fight for this platform in the Croatian capital and parliament. I believe time has come to disregard political differences and gather around one idea - the idea of Slavonia and Baranja as a region with an equal status in Croatia and Osijek as the centre of that region," Glavas said.
He again dismissed accusations that advocates of this initiative were "autonomy seekers harming Croatia's integrity". He added that the goal of such proposals was to adjust Croatia to EU standards and that they would spread throughout Croatia like a fire.
Glavas accused Parliament Speaker Vladimir Seks of calling the local "Glas Slavonije" daily every day and threatening journalists to make them stop reporting about developments in Slavonia and Baranja.