The request was supported with the decision of the council's credentials and privileges commission of 29 July relieving Kasljevic of his duties after he moved to the nearby municipality of Josipdol. Kasljevic said that he had been given a house in Josipdol for temporary use and that he would register in Josipdol after he moved there permanently.
Karlovac County police spokesman Tomislav Kosic said the police had found no grounds to exercise its powers.
Although he was not invited to the session, Kasljevic came to the Municipal Council stating that he had asked the police, the OSCE and the Karlovac Commission for Human Rights Protection to protect his "constitutional right to attend council sessions and exercise the right to vote".
By insisting to be given session materials and be registered as attending the session, Kasljevic delayed the start of the session for several hours.
In the meantime, the head of the Ogulin police station, Marinko Herman, met municipality head Radmila Medakovic and Council chairperson Nedjeljka Kraguljac, stating after the meeting that the police would issue a statement subsequently.
After the meeting, Kraguljac tried to continue with the session, but as Kasljevic continued to prevent her from doing so, a scuffle ensued and councillors of the Croatian Democratic Union, the Croatian Peasant Party, the Croatian Party of Rights (HSP), and the Social Democratic Party walked out of the session with him.
Medakovic said that the eight SDSS councillors would continue the session tomorrow.
Kasljevic was an HSP councillor since 1996, but he froze his term because he was elected a councillor in the Karlovac County Assembly. In January this year, he resigned to that post and returned to the Plaski Municipal Council as an independent councillor.