Green-left candidate Ivana Kekin casts ballot in Croatia’s presidential election

(29 Dec 2024)
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Zagreb, Croatia - 29 December 2024
1. Tracking of Green-left presidential candidate Ivana Kekin arriving tat polling station
2. Various of Kekin, with husband Mile, taking ballots
3. Kekin casting ballot
4. Kekin leaving the polling station
5. SOUNDBITE (Croatian) Ivana Kekin, Green-left presidential candidate:
"Every election is a special occasion. And I always feel festive when I vote. This time, of course, the feeling is somewhat different than usual. I’m hoping for a high turnout. My message today is that everything is in our hands, it’s always in our hands. Don’t be fooled thinking that it’s not, so get out and vote.”
6. Wide of Kekin leaving
STORYLINE:
Ivana Kekin, a green-left candidate in Croatia’s presidential election, cast her vote on Sunday, saying that she was hopeful of a high turnout.

Pre-election polls predict a comfortable victory for incumbent left-leaning President Zoran Milanovic - albeit short of getting 50% needed for outright victory.

His biggest challenger is Dragan Primorac, a forensic geneticist backed by the ruling Croatian Democratic Union of conservative Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic.

Trailing behind them in the polls is Kekin, as the only green-left contender in the race, and Marija Selak Raspudic, an independent candidate who was until recently affiliated with a conservative populist party Most.

Kekin is trying fight off other candidates to reach the runoff in January. She represents Mozemo! ("We Can!") party which governs Zagreb, Croatia's capital.

Married to a popular rock musician, Kekin says she is a "president for a new generation." As a psychiatrist, Kekin has also accused Primorac and HDZ of syphoning money from Croatia's health system in shady corruption deals.

AP video shot by Sasa Kavic
AP production: David Spaic-Kovacic

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