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January 11th, 2010
At the end of a suspenseful presidential campaign the results are in: the next President of Croatia will be Ivo Josipovic of the center-left Social Democratic Party. With 60.29 percent of the vote, Josipovic handily beat former Zagreb mayor, Milan Bandic who only received 39.71 percent. Mr. Josipovic carried all Croatia’s counties except historically right-leaning Lika-Senj. The Croatian diaspora can vote in Presidential elections and, true to form, voted for the more right-wing candidate.
The largest issue in the campaign was corruption. Mr Bandic was perceived as tainted while Mr Josipovic promised to restore confidence in the government, police and court system. A successful battle against corruption will smooth the way towards Croatia’s eventual accession to the EU.
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