Croatian parties HDZ, MOST agree to form new gov't
Xinhua, October 7, 2016 Adjust font size:
The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) and MOST on Friday reached an agreement to form a new government, nearly a month after the parliamentary elections.
Andrej Plenkovic, president of HDZ, said he was confident that President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic would give him the mandate to form the government.
He did not give more details of the agreement, but confirmed the HDZ accepted that deputy prime ministers would also be responsible for specific portfolios as MOST proposed.
The two parties agreed there would be a rotating presidency for parliament between MOST and HDZ.
HDZ won 61 seats in the 151-seat parliament in an early election which was held on Sept. 11, where MOST came third with 13 seats.
The parties formed a coalition government after the November 2015 elections, but the government stepped down five months later following a no-confidence vote. Endit