Mladen Starcevic
javno.hr
Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:21 UTC

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Croatian out going prime minister, Ivo Sanader, stands next to prime minister-designate, Jadranka Kosor, during a party meeting in Zagreb on July 4, 2009.
Zagreb,Croatia - Machiavelli said: 'When a ruler is in great trouble, he has to surprise everyone with a total turnover - professor at the Zagreb Faculty of Political Sciences and political analyst Damir Grubisa said.
Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader announced on Wednesday that he was resigning for personal reasons.
Grubisa does not think the reason for the premier's resignation lies in medical charts and results, but he believes that the premier's move was taken in "his prime".
- This is a premeditated act. Sanader abandoned the ship even before it started to sink - Grubisa went on, pointing out that with this move, Sanader has secured himself not just running at the presidential elections, but victory as well.
Kosor was sacrificed?
Regarding Jadranka Kosor, deputy PM and Sanader's successor as the premier, professor Grubisa called the act of appointing her "sacrifice".
- Kosor has been sacrificed. If he [Sanader] wanted a male premier who would keep things going, he would take Kalmeta, his most powerful minister. Sanader will remain a puppet master, the one who pulls all the strings on a marionette - Grubisa concluded.
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