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Croatia's Ruling Conservatives to Analyze Loss of Presidency

Associated Press

   ZAGREB - Croatia's ruling conservatives said Monday they will analyze
   why their candidate lost a presidential election to a leftist
   challenger in order to prevent this from happening again at the
   upcoming parliamentary vote later this year.

   "The aim of the analysis and its conclusions is for us to come out
   stronger and not repeat at the parliamentary election whatever turned
   out to be a flaw or a mistake during this campaign," said Davor
   Bozinovic, the interior minister and a senior member of the ruling
   Croatian Democratic Union, or HDZ, party. "We are not looking for
   culprits, but reasons why."
   The conservative party's candidate, outgoing President Kolinda Grabar
   Kitarovic, was beaten Sunday by liberal opposition challenger and
   former Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic.

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