ZAGREB, Sept 17 (Hina) - The Constitutional Court on Wednesday dismissed as unfounded two proposals on the assessment of the constitutionality of a law on the election of MPs, saying that the right and the duty of each voter,
including members of national minorities, to vote only once at elections, was not disputable.
ZAGREB, Sept 17 (Hina) - The Constitutional Court on Wednesday
dismissed as unfounded two proposals on the assessment of the
constitutionality of a law on the election of MPs, saying that the
right and the duty of each voter, including members of national
minorities, to vote only once at elections, was not disputable.
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Constitutional Court judges unanimously decided that the Italian
Union from Rijeka and the Serb People's Council from Zagreb, which
moved for the assessment of the constitutionality of the provision
under which it is the voter's right and duty to vote only once, made
a mistake claiming that this limited the minorities' general and
special right to vote.
According to a Court judge, Jasna Omejec, the contested provision
contains universally and generally accepted principle under which
voters are allowed to vote only once at an election.
Also dismissed as unfounded was a proposal submitted by the Italian
Union and the Serb People's Council to assess the constitutionality
of the contested provision in relation to the Constitutional Law
and the Law on the Election of MPs. The Court said the two laws were
organic and of equal value and it was not the task of this court to
assess the mutual compatibility of the laws.
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