ZAGREB, 19 Jan 2022 - Prime Minister Andrej Plenković on Wednesday called out Social Democratic Party MP Siniša Hajdaš Dončić for alluding in his questions about the purchase of Rafale fighter jets to corruptive activities between him and French President Emmanuel Macron.
The MP asked during Question Time how much the 12 French aircraft cost. "Since you are the president of a party convicted of political corruption and a French commission investigated a procurement of planes with India, I'd like to know why you don't show citizens that agreement. Will you make it public or not?"
"You are directly alluding to corrupt actions between the Croatian prime minister and the French president. Are you crazy? Do you know what is in those agreements?" Plenković responded.
"I will suggest to the defence minister to invite you all to the Defence Ministry to have a look and then, at your discretion, you can leak the types of weaponry to the portals. Every state will be glad to know what the agreement says," he added.
Plenković went on say that SDP president Peđa Grbin was "petty, irrelevant, ill-intentioned, worse than (previous SDP president Davor) Bernardić, which isn't easy politically."
He also commented on SDP MP Mirela Ahmetović's comparing him earlier with former prime minister Ivo Sanader, saying that she, who is the mayor of Omišalj, had tried to "dismantle the construction of the LNG terminal" there.
"That's the summary, that's your range," Plenković said, adding that he had to say something because today's Question Time was almost boring.
I'm really sorry for you, that a debutant could so sting and upset a person with such experience in diplomacy, Ahmetović countered.
SDP MP Sabina Glasovac said the prime minister was nervous and perhaps needed a break.
