The candidate of the HDZ, Homeland Movement, HSLS and the Croatian Democratic Christian Party for mayor of Split, Tomislav Šuta, who advanced to the second round, expressed his belief on Monday that the HDZ will establish a supermajority in the City Council.
"We are the only option that can have a majority in the City Council," Šuta pointed out at a press conference.
The Split City Council has 31 councilors, and a supermajority of at least 16 councilors is required. The HDZ and its partner parties won 10 council seats, and the president of the Croatian Civic Party, Željko Kerum, promised in his statements that four councilors from that party would support the HDZ's effort to form a governing majority in the Council.
HDZ needs two more councilors to achieve a supermajority, and journalists asked Šuta if he was counting on Most's two councilors, to which he answered in the affirmative.
"I am counting on all the councilors who entered the City Council, including Most's councilors," he said.
Na upit kako će u tom slučaju reagirati Mostovi čelnici Božo Petrov i Nikola Grmoja, Šuta je kazao kako je uvjeren u suradnju s Mostovim vijećnicima te da to uopće nije dvojbeno.
He added that he is confident that Most's councilors will recognize that he as mayor and his deputy mayors, Ivo Bilić and Matea Dorčić, are new people who have the best intentions in the interests of Split and its citizens.
He said that his team is entering government with experience in governance, not to "learn what governance is," while Ivica Puljak's government spent four years learning governance because they had no previous governance experience.
He added that he believes that Ivica Puljak's Centar party councilors will be a constructive opposition and that Puljak will be a thing of the past after the second round of elections.
Šuta je najavio kako će kad postane gradonačelnik u Splitu biti uvedeni besplatni vrtići, besplatni udžbenici za srednjoškolce i besplatni javni prijevoz za sve učenike i studente.
He reiterated that during his mayoral term, 600 apartments for affordable housing for young people will be built in Split.
Photo: HINA/Mario Strmotić
