Presidential candidates Doris Kosta, Slaven Letica, Ljubo Cesic and Miroslav Rajh sent a joint letter to the Constitutional Court on January 1, the day before the presidential election, saying that the report containing the results of the opinion poll was suggestive.
The four candidates said that the HRT report, broadcast just hours before the electioneering ban took effect at midnight on December 31, violated the right of all the presidential candidates to equal status, because it favoured one candidate.
The Constitutional Court said it was not competent to decide on a request by the four candidates that the presidential election should be suspended and postponed for at least six weeks and that leading people at the HRT should explain why the report was broadcast and that they should resign.