Speaking for Croatian Radio, Sanader resolutely dismissed claims that the government had withdrawn its decision to sell the hotel company's shares to two holding companies because of public pressure.
The government does not withdraw its decisions when it is exposed to public pressure, but rather when it has been misled, which is what happened in the case of the Liburnia Riviera company, he said.
Commenting on statements by the Social Democratic Party (SDP), the leading opposition party, that it would request Polancec's replacement, Sanader said one should wait for the opposition to make its request official.
Commenting on the opposition's announcements of a hot political autumn, Sanader said that considering the opposition in Croatia this would be much ado about nothing.
The PM said a new bill on privatisation that should be completed in the next few weeks would also regulate the employee stock ownership plan.
There are two ways for the government to respond to possible increases in the prices of oil products - by introducing floating excise duties or by requesting the national oil company INA to keep the prices as low as possible at the expense of its profits.
The government will ask INA to apply the second solution until the end of the year, Sanader said.
He dismissed reports that crime and general lack of security are on the rise and reiterated that the government was determined to persevere in fighting crime.
Sanader said he believed there was no connection between last week's armed robbery in a Financial Agency office in Zagreb and his statement about the government's determination to fight organised crime and the threat he received from Hrvoje Petrac, a businessman arrested recently in Greece for masterminding a kidnapping in Croatia.
"I do not believe that those two events are connected, but even if that were so, it would not scare me nor would I give up the fight against crime."
He added that he was not worried in the least about Petrac's threat, but that he was surprised by the lack of reaction from some factors in society.
Political parties should have reacted, as should have the media and institutions of civil society. This was not a threat to a person but to the institution of prime minister, Sanader said.