While cannons speak, cows are silent. According to the same logic, while elections are ongoing, business remains subdued, and these two pages are also marked by politics. Entrepreneurs are waiting, managers in state and public companies are anxious, and party favorites have already assembled their new teams and begun to pack into the offices of the previous heads of desirable companies.
Then came Most, and business now stands even more resolutely. The stock market has also stalled. ‘Investors are waiting for an agreement on the government and reforms,’ claims broker Roman Rinkovec. HDZ, SDP, and Most are preparing for supposedly programmatic negotiations, but no one would refuse to lead that, whoever it may be, even a reformist government. By Tuesday, we already had six prime ministerial candidates, including one retiree, and the inflation of candidates will swell during the time of negotiating spins. Indeed, how to choose a prime minister who will not have a compact parliamentary majority? For this reason, he does not need to have the political strength as in the times after Tuđman. Namely, political power will, according to all indications, shift towards the Parliament, which could have a significantly stronger legislative, and especially control function. Therefore, the candidate for prime minister could now be chosen with less political criteria. Thus, a public or invited competition could also be considered. (Because, although elections are fundamentally a political competition, voters could not decide based on facts since neither SDP nor HDZ presented a clear program).
