ZAGREB, 29 Dec 2021 - President Zoran Milanović said on Wednesday he would not allow inspectors to come to his office to check compliance with the COVID certificate mandate.
"They can't come in. The army checks who enters and the army is not run by (Prime Minister Andrej) Plenković," he told the press in Glina, saying that the law on the certificates was unconstitutional.
Commenting on referendums, the president said the number of signatures required to call a referendum should not be lowered as that would lead to direct democracy and turn into "a trampling of minorities."
Milanović also called out Defence Minister Mario Banožić for obstructing the procurement of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles.
"Odd things are happening. America is practically offering us as a present something the army needs and someone is systematically trying to refuse it," he said, adding that Banožić received a letter from the Pentagon hurrying him up to make a decision.
"Someone doesn't want the Croatian Army to get something that is essential for the country's defence capability," the president said.
