Post by Fender on Apr 30, 2008 5:21:39 GMT -5
To all you idiots who think that I am alone in my thinking and views, choke on this article. LOL ;D
Croatian Spin Doctor Assists Serbian Party
Ratko Macek29 April 2008 Zagreb _ A former Croatian government spokesman says he is helping a Serbian party in campaigning for the May 11 election.
“I cannot say which party I work for, call me up after the elections,” Ratko Macek told business.hr news portal.
The portal said that “by process of elimination” it had concluded that the party was the nationalist Democratic Party of Serbia, DSS, led by the outgoing Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica.
The DSS’s main competition, the pro-European Democratic Party of President Boris Tadic said Macek was not on their Public Relations consultants’ list.
The opposition nationalist Serbian Radical Party also denied hiring Macek, adding only U.S. PR agencies led their campaigns.
The portal said that the DSS has not either confirmed or denied the report that they sought help from Macek, who co-owns the MPR agency for political marketing and crisis communication.
The agency's main client is the ruling Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.
In January, when asked if his agency would cooperate with all centre-right political parties in the South-Eastern Europe, including the DSS, he said, "of course, Vojislav Kostunica is my friend."
Though formerly holding a relatively low-profile political post of the spokesman, Macek is known to be one of the most influential HDZ members. He has been credited for the HDZ victory in the general elections in Croatia at the end of 2007 which secured Sanader's second term. LOL
One of the most quoted statements by Macek was given in an interview with Croatian daily Novi List in 2007, over Sanader’s apparent love for expensive watches. "One should not be in politics unless they own a house, two cars at least and euro 50,000 savings at least! Who would trust a prime minister who lives in a 30 square meters flat!" he said.
Serbia’s coalition government collapsed in March due to differences between nationalist and pro-Western ministers over Serbia’s future relations with the European Union after the majority of member states recognised Kosovo’s independence.
Croatia recognised Kosovo as an independent state last month.
Last week Radical Party leader Tomislav Nikolic said Sanader was his personal model he would like to follow if his party won the May 11 vote. Read more: balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/9678
Croatian Spin Doctor Assists Serbian Party
Ratko Macek29 April 2008 Zagreb _ A former Croatian government spokesman says he is helping a Serbian party in campaigning for the May 11 election.
“I cannot say which party I work for, call me up after the elections,” Ratko Macek told business.hr news portal.
The portal said that “by process of elimination” it had concluded that the party was the nationalist Democratic Party of Serbia, DSS, led by the outgoing Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica.
The DSS’s main competition, the pro-European Democratic Party of President Boris Tadic said Macek was not on their Public Relations consultants’ list.
The opposition nationalist Serbian Radical Party also denied hiring Macek, adding only U.S. PR agencies led their campaigns.
The portal said that the DSS has not either confirmed or denied the report that they sought help from Macek, who co-owns the MPR agency for political marketing and crisis communication.
The agency's main client is the ruling Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader.
In January, when asked if his agency would cooperate with all centre-right political parties in the South-Eastern Europe, including the DSS, he said, "of course, Vojislav Kostunica is my friend."
Though formerly holding a relatively low-profile political post of the spokesman, Macek is known to be one of the most influential HDZ members. He has been credited for the HDZ victory in the general elections in Croatia at the end of 2007 which secured Sanader's second term. LOL
One of the most quoted statements by Macek was given in an interview with Croatian daily Novi List in 2007, over Sanader’s apparent love for expensive watches. "One should not be in politics unless they own a house, two cars at least and euro 50,000 savings at least! Who would trust a prime minister who lives in a 30 square meters flat!" he said.
Serbia’s coalition government collapsed in March due to differences between nationalist and pro-Western ministers over Serbia’s future relations with the European Union after the majority of member states recognised Kosovo’s independence.
Croatia recognised Kosovo as an independent state last month.
Last week Radical Party leader Tomislav Nikolic said Sanader was his personal model he would like to follow if his party won the May 11 vote. Read more: balkaninsight.com/en/main/news/9678