Marić for NAP: Why don't BiH politicians resign after their parties lose elections?

President of SDP Croatia, Zoran Milanović, resigned following his party's failure to win the majority in the Croatian Parliament in the elections held on September 11.

Tomislav Karamarko, then President of HDZ, also resigned several months earlier, after failing to form a government. Additionally, he and his wife found themselves in the midst of a financial scandal as Croatian media 'smelled' a possibility that Hungarian MOL's Josip Petrović was paying Karamarko's company Saboli.

Political analyst Ivana Marić told us that every election in Croatia results in at least one 'victim' – a resignation, which is the correct behavior. She also said that such a practice should be adopted by BiH politicians. When voters send you a message that you are no longer their first choice, a presidential resignation is expected.

- In BiH, political party presidents only resign when faced with significant public pressure and when the party is destroyed, Marić explains.

- SDP in Croatia won a number of seats. Thus, they did not lose much. Nevertheless, Milanović resigned.

Marić attributes the habit of BiH politicians to remain in the position of party president even after the party faces failure to their large egos.

Marić said that politics in Croatia is not error-free. The President of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, took a photo of her ballot paper, although it is entirely against the voting rules. By doing so, Marić explains, she set a bad example for citizens, showing that she is above the law.

- Why should the president have to prove whom she voted for, Marić wonders.