As a response to the Facebook group " I bet I can find 5,000 people who don't like Sanader," and the repercussions that resulted, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, in an
article from SETimes.com stated, "No one in Croatia can be detained or arrested because of a different opinion or because of a protest against my or any other political view. My main task as prime minister is to defend that right." Sander ordered the interior the interior ministry to decide if police abused their powers by arresting individuals who criticized the government over the Internet.
Regardless of the prime ministers statement above, additional Facebook groups have formed against Ivo Sanader. One Facebook group is searching for 10,000 critics of the prime minister. The group has exceeded 10,000 and at last count was 13,600 members. The goal is to reach 15,000. Another group named "Enter my apartment Gestapo gang, Croatia is not a police state" is up to 5,100 memembers (found on
Federal Computer Week).
-Lindsey Nass (Croatia)
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