Video scandal where he was shooting a gun in the middle of the city / Deputy Prime Minister resigns: It was a political attack

2025-01-18 21:24:21 / BOTA ALFA PRESS

Video scandal where he was shooting a gun in the middle of the city / Deputy

Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Josip Dabro has resigned 'for moral reasons' after a video of him firing a gun out of a moving car window while singing loudly circulated online.

" I submit my irrevocable resignation," Dabro posted on Facebook, after trying to explain the clip, saying it was filmed years ago and that he was using training bullets.

The video, released earlier this week, shows him sitting in the passenger seat of a moving car, singing loudly and firing a pistol into the darkness. Lights in the distance appear to indicate a residential area.

"I am aware that these circumstances create an additional burden for the government and my party. As a responsible person and public official, I believe that my personal situation should not distract attention from the main priorities of the government and the sector ," he said.

He said he filmed the video before holding any government position and claimed its broadcast was a political attack by a former friend turned rival.

Dabro is a leading member of the right-wing nationalist party, the Homeland Movement, in coalition with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic's center-right Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ). Plenkovic's office confirmed that Dabro had been asked to resign on Friday night and would be dismissed from office today.

 

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