Speaking to Hina, Lesar said the Conflict of Interest Commission had to say if Ostojic was guilty, adding that his explanations of the disputed land transaction over which he resigned were confusing.
Lesar said the IDS and the SDP were partners on national level, while on local level the SDP "is sticking a knife" in its partner's back. He said Ostojic "is evidently alluding that the SDP is behind the campaign" he claimed was being waged against him.
Asked how the ruling coalition's stability would be affected if the IDS left, Lesar said the coalition had the majority even without the IDS deputies.
Croatian Democratic Alliance of Slavonia and Baranja (HDSSB) president Vladimir Sisljagic told Hina "it's time, after all the events that have brought Croatia into a disastrous situation, that Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic resign too."
Sisljagic said the HDSSB was not surprised by Ostojic's resignation and that "the developments involving Agriculture Minister (Tihomir) Jakovina, as well as the extremely difficult situation Croatia is in, require the prime minister to resign too because the ruling coalition evidently hasn't responded to the difficult challenges Croatia is facing."
He said the HDSSB urged the formation of a national rescue government in which party affiliation would not matter, but knowledge and a genuine will to lift Croatia from the bottom and enable citizens to lead dignified lives.
Sisljagic said "the constant disagreements and contrary opinions and statements" between the SDP and the Croatian People's Party showed that "the coalition is not working."
He said he would not be surprised if the IDS left the coalition, adding that Milanovic should resign, "as a moral act."