Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da zaɓen dimokiradiyya a Croatia a 1991, Bilandžić ya shiga jerin sunayen Social Democratic Party na Croatia, amma sakamakon zaɓen 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 sau da yawa ya soki shi, har ma ya kira shi "abun al'ajabi" a talabijin bayan Operation Storm
a shekarar 1995.