ZAGREB, Jan 25 (Hina) - A Croatian Deputy Prime Minister, Slavko Linic, on Thursday stated he abode by his assessment that the it was a detrimental ruling which the Administrative Court recently made on the annulment of the ownership
transformation of the Port of Rijeka. At a news conference he held today, Linic admitted that the tone of his statement was too severe, but he refused objections that with commenting on the final court ruling he had jeopardised the democratic system and the independence of judiciary. "When a ruling is final, any kind of commentary is not the pressure on the judiciary nor is it interference with its work. Every citizen has the right to comment on every final ruling," Linic said adding that he would continue commenting on court decisions as he felt it was his obligation as long as he was a Deputy PM. In his mind, in the case of the Port of Rijeka, the Administrative Co
ZAGREB, Jan 25 (Hina) - A Croatian Deputy Prime Minister, Slavko
Linic, on Thursday stated he abode by his assessment that the it was
a detrimental ruling which the Administrative Court recently made
on the annulment of the ownership transformation of the Port of
Rijeka.
At a news conference he held today, Linic admitted that the tone of
his statement was too severe, but he refused objections that with
commenting on the final court ruling he had jeopardised the
democratic system and the independence of judiciary.
"When a ruling is final, any kind of commentary is not the pressure
on the judiciary nor is it interference with its work. Every citizen
has the right to comment on every final ruling," Linic said adding
that he would continue commenting on court decisions as he felt it
was his obligation as long as he was a Deputy PM.
In his mind, in the case of the Port of Rijeka, the Administrative
Court should have initiated a discussion and should not have made a
decision without asking experts for advice.
He regards the decision as detrimental, since such a court ruling,
for him, endangers the legal security of all documents and thus
everybody can bring into question every document on the ownership
transformation.
(hina) sb ms