Speaking at a press conference, Glavas said that signatories of his initiative to set up a civil organisation called the Croatian Democratic Assembly of Slavonija and Baranja, as well as their families, were subjected to "the worst forms of persecution" by Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and his government, Parliament Speaker Vladimir Seks and the central office of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) party.
Glavas named all the signatories to the initiative who had been sacked from work in state-run companies in the Osijek area, and noted that they had been offered to sign a document saying that they agreed to be dismissed from work and that their dismissal was not politically motivated.
"I call on Prime Minister Sanader and Parliament Speaker Seks to settle their accounts with me rather than with them. I am ready to face them in the political arena," Glavas said and added: "I will not budge an inch from our programme, and that is the economic recovery and development of Slavonija and Baranja."
Glavas said he had sent a letter to the president of the Constitutional Court about two weeks ago to draw his attention to "grave breaches of human and civil rights", but that he has received no response. All that is proof that "Croatian democracy is on its knees at the moment," he said.
Glavas was expelled from the HDZ before the May 15 elections over his programme of regionalisation.