HSS Is Out

After, apparently very stormy, session of HSS Presidency, Zlatko Tomčić (Zlatko Tomcic) has announced that his party definitely will not become part of new governing coalition. It is unclear whether HSS MSes would vote support formation of Sanader's government.

In any case, this might be one of the good consequences of November elections. HSS, party known for the autocratic tendencies of its boss, has showed surprising degree of internal democracy – dissent from rank-and-file was such that Tomčić had to abandon his scheme of remaining in power no matter what.