Djapic said that the results in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and Rijeka, where the HSP will have two deputies in the Rijeka City Council and three in the county assembly, indicated that the party could be successful in all parts of the country if it had competent people on the local level.
The HSP has seen the highest increase in the number of seats won in relation to the last local elections, he said, adding that the party could become part of the authorities in 13 counties and that talks on possible coalitions were under way.
Djapic estimated that the HSP might win at least 15 seats in the parliament at parliamentary elections.
Commenting on the start of EU entry talks, he said it was unrealistic to expect that they would start in June and that this would make the government's position more difficult and early parliamentary elections a very realistic option. The HSP will not topple the government, but it also will not salvage it if some of the HDZ coalition partners decide to leave the ruling coalition, he said.
Djapic described as insufficiently strong the government's reaction to "the full promotion of the Chetnik movement in Serbia with the support of local authorities". He added that protest notes were not an adequate reaction.
He also voiced dissatisfaction with the failure to open a parliamentary debate on a draft amended indictment against Croatian generals Mladen Markac and Ivan Cermak, which was requested by the HSP, and announced that the party would draw up its own report on Croatia's cooperation with the Hague war crimes tribunal.