Croatian President, Zoran Milanovic has been re-elected in a decisive landslide, winning nearly 75 per cent of the votes cast in the presidential election.
His opponent, Dragan Primorac, backed by the governing centre-right Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, garnered only 25 per cent of the vote.
The development marked the worst performance in history for Croatia’s most influential political party.
Croatia’s Prime Minister, Andrej Plenkovic refused to congratulate Milanovic, but rather dismissed the re-elected president as offering nothing.
On the other hand, Milanovic stated that he would offer a hand to the prime minister despite their political differences.
The presidency in Croatia is largely ceremonial, with the role requiring the president to act as a non-partisan figurehead for all citizens.
Milanovic served as Croatia’s prime minister from 2011 to 2016 and led the centre-left Social Democratic Party, SDP, from 2007 to 2016, before assuming the presidency.
