ZAGREB, Jan 24 (Hina) - Statements by the prime minister and one of his deputies to the effect that a court ruling damaged Croatia are another in a series of attacks by senior representatives of the executive authority on the
independence of the judiciary, Supreme Court president Marijan Ramuscak said on Wednesday. Prime Minister Ivica Racan recently defended his deputy Slavko Linic's assessment that an Administrative Court ruling on the annulment of ownership transformation in the Rijeka Harbour company constituted "judicial crime", and that the judges who signed it did not deserve to wear judges' robes. Racan also said the ruling was harmful to Croatia. Ramuscak reminded the Constitution clearly defines the position of the judicial authority as independent, and said such statements were counter-constitutional and more harmful to Croatia than one court ruling.(hina) ha sb
ZAGREB, Jan 24 (Hina) - Statements by the prime minister and one of
his deputies to the effect that a court ruling damaged Croatia are
another in a series of attacks by senior representatives of the
executive authority on the independence of the judiciary, Supreme
Court president Marijan Ramuscak said on Wednesday.
Prime Minister Ivica Racan recently defended his deputy Slavko
Linic's assessment that an Administrative Court ruling on the
annulment of ownership transformation in the Rijeka Harbour
company constituted "judicial crime", and that the judges who
signed it did not deserve to wear judges' robes. Racan also said the
ruling was harmful to Croatia.
Ramuscak reminded the Constitution clearly defines the position of
the judicial authority as independent, and said such statements
were counter-constitutional and more harmful to Croatia than one
court ruling.
(hina) ha sb