Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Tare da zaɓen dimokiradiyya a Croatia a 1991, Bilandžić ya shiga jerin sunayen Social Democratic Party na Croatia, amma sakamakon zaben ya kasance mai ban tsoro. Tun da yake shi babban aboki ne na Tuđman, Tuđman ya nada shi wakilin Croatia a Belgrade a 1991. Abokinsa da Tuđman ya kasance mai rikitarwa, tun da Tuđman ya soki shi sau da yawa, har ma ya kira shi "abun al'ajabi" a talabijin bayan
Operation Storm a shekarar 1995.