Čačić fears the possibility that the Government will change its economic policy and instead of his strategy of encouraging state investments, begin to promote foreign investments.
The Croatian Government did not welcome the latest Globus article ‘Desperate Plan for Return’ with sympathy, which describes Radimir Čačić’s attempts to continue influencing the policy of Zoran Milanović’s Government, reports Jutarnji list.
– When you are not in the Government, you can no longer behave as if you are. And Čačić is no longer that, and he now has an exclusively political role as the president of the Croatian People’s Party. As for investments, it is understood that we will encourage them; however, it is logical that we primarily count on private capital, and only then on state investments – commented one of the ministers in Zoran Milanović’s Government yesterday.
In other words, Čačić’s fears are real. Since he is waiting to go to prison, both he and his ideas have been quite marginalized.
According to the latest Globus, his close associates claim that everything will go to hell if the Government abandons state investments. The Kukuriku coalition won the elections based on Plan 21, which states that the state will first initiate projects to awaken the private sector.
– And now that they have downgraded our credit rating, panic has taken over the Government. They want to reduce investments. That is death for this country – some in HNS believe. Furthermore, Radimir Čačić reportedly calls Milanović daily and tries to explain to him that the Government must not abandon state investments now.
As it is difficult for him to convince the Prime Minister over the phone, he often requests meetings. Milanović agrees to this because he knows that Čačić still controls HNS, the main coalition partner in the Government. If he refused to listen to what Čačić thinks, it is questionable how long the current coalition would last. Despite these meetings, Čačić is very dissatisfied with the Government’s policy.
