• HDZ MEP Tomislav Sokol stated that his wife Ana Župić Sokol was pressured by people in top positions in HDZ.
  • Ana Župić Sokol withdrew her candidacy for the head of the Zagreb organization of the HDZ Women’s Association a day before the election, despite having enough signatures.
  • Sokol said the pressure came from individuals in the Zagreb City Committee of HDZ who wanted to prevent pluralism and reduce elections to acclamation.
  • Sokol believes that negative selection threatens the party’s personnel devastation and that HDZ should give opportunities to new generations.