ZAGREB, Sept 4 (Hina) - The leading opposition party, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), filed a request with the Constitutional Court on Wednesday to assess whether the amendments to the Penal Code were constitutional given the
fact that they had not been passed by a majority of parliamentary deputies.
ZAGREB, Sept 4 (Hina) - The leading opposition party, the Croatian
Democratic Union (HDZ), filed a request with the Constitutional
Court on Wednesday to assess whether the amendments to the Penal
Code were constitutional given the fact that they had not been
passed by a majority of parliamentary deputies. #L#
The amendments were adopted on July 9 with 58 votes in favour,
although such organic laws should be passed by a qualified majority
of at least 76 votes, Vladimir Seks, chairman of the HDZ Deputies
Club, told a press conference on Thursday.
Seks recalled that immediately after the adoption of the amendments
he had proposed that the President of the Republic initiate
procedure for assessment of their constitutionality, but said that
no such procedure had been initiated to date.
HDZ vice-president Jadranka Kosor accused the government of using
Croatian Radio and Television (HRT) for election purposes by
deliberately delaying the nomination of members of the HRT
Programmes Council.
Stressing that the opposition had nominated five candidates for
council membership, Kosor accused the ruling coalition of failure
to implement the Law on HRT, under which the council, director and
programme editors should have been appointed a long time ago. She
urged parliament to appoint members of the HRT Programmes Council
at the next regular session.
Kosor also accused HRT of non-compliance with parliament's
decisions because it did not monitor how much broadcast time was
dedicated to each political party.
She said that the HDZ was preparing "a catalogue" of parliament's
decisions not implemented by the government.
(hina) vm sb