Croat Ruling Party Backs Ouster Against Fellow Coalition Leader
- Lawmakers would give opposition majority in no-confidence vote
- Deputy Prime Minister Karamarko under pressure over refiner
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Lawmakers from Croatia’s ruling Bridge Party will vote in a no-confidence ballot against deputy Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko, the leader of their coalition partners, piling pressure on him to resign or risk toppling the government.
Bridge chairman Bozo Petrov said 12 lawmakers agreed to back the opposition-led vote against Karamarko, the head of the Croatian Democratic Union, over his ties to Hungarian energy company Mol Nyrt. and conflict-of-interest allegations. Petrov said his faction would stay in the government for now, but “hoped” Karamarko would step down. The parliamentary ballot to oust him must take place by June 18.