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Kregar is elected from the ruling Social Democratic Party (SDP) and chairs the justice committee in the Sabor (the parliament). In his words, corruption is a result of bad governance and lack of confidence. According to him, political responsibility cannot be sought only every four years, meaning only during elections. He also said something very important - that in Croatia there are good laws, but not deeply rooted values. Dinko Cvitan was happy with the report, but emphasised that the biggest problem in the fight against corruption, especially at the high levels, is the collection of evidence. Moreover, USKOK is often subjected to strong media pressure for quick sentences, but, in fact, often cases are big 200 000 pages that have to be carefully read and analysed. The biggest challenge, he said, is the fight against corruption at local level. This is so because media at local level are very weak, Dragan Zelic told him, adding that Croatia is a young democracy which is still in the process of institution building.
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