October 7 (SeeNews) - Conservative Croatian Democratic Union, HDZ, had reached an agreement with centre-right MOST to form a coalition government, HDZ leader, Andrej Plenkovic, told a news conference aired live by broadcaster HRT on Friday.
HDZ won 61 of the 151 seats in parliament in last month's early elections. MOST won 13 seats.
MOST will get four seats in the future government including a vice prime minister who will also serve as minister of public administration, and three other ministers: of the interior, justice, and environment and nature protection.
MOST leader Bozo Petrov will be appointed parliament speaker for a two-year term. The two parties agreed on a rotating system, whereby the post will be held by two people appointed for a 2-year period each.