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.
The conservative party's candidate, outgoing President Kolinda Grabar Kitarovic, was beaten Sunday by liberal opposition challenger and former Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic.