War against crime just a publicity stunt?

Following the murder of Ivana Hodak, the daughter of attorney Zvonimir Hodak, Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader has dismissed two ministers and the chief of police and declared war on organised crime. Hodak is the lawyer representing the Croat ex-general Vladimir Zagorec, who was responsible for procuring arms during the Croatian war. The daily newspaper Delo fears that Sanader's initiative could be just a publicity stunt. "That's just the way things are in Croatia: only the worst disasters and the ensuing public wrath can force the government to take serious action. ... With these most recent measures Sanader has signalled that the government is determined to change things. But at the same time he's saving his own skin and the government's credibility. If over the next few days the war against crime doesn't begin and it turns out that this was just another performance, Sanader can say goodbye to his position after the next elections, if not before that."

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