ZAGREB, 31 January, 2021 - A number of long-time members of the Croatian Peasant Party (HSS) on Saturday established a new party called the Democratic HSS, electing Mateo Ivanac and Boro Bašljan as president and vice-president.
The new party said in a statement it had members in eight counties, some of whom were municipal heads, with whom it would run in local elections to be held in May.
The party's founders said the reason for breaking away from the HSS was lack of intraparty democracy.
