ZAGREB, Sept 20 (Hina) - Due to the Opposition Six party group's clear announcement that it will not participate in the reaching of a consensus on a new electoral law, the ruling party's parliamentary bench is considering the
possibility of abandoning the idea of a non-fixed quota for the election of representatives from a separate electoral list intended for Croatian citizens residing outside Croatia. Speaking to the press after a Monday session of the Croatian Democratic Union's (HDZ) bench, bench president Vladimir Seks said that abandoning the non-fixed quota would leave Croatia with the former solution, according to which the Diaspora has 12 representatives. Seks also announced the possibility of introducing the postal vote, and left as open the possibility that parliamentary parties reach consensus in debating the electoral legislation package put forward by the HDZ bench. Asked to comment
ZAGREB, Sept 20 (Hina) - Due to the Opposition Six party group's
clear announcement that it will not participate in the reaching of a
consensus on a new electoral law, the ruling party's parliamentary
bench is considering the possibility of abandoning the idea of a
non-fixed quota for the election of representatives from a separate
electoral list intended for Croatian citizens residing outside
Croatia.
Speaking to the press after a Monday session of the Croatian
Democratic Union's (HDZ) bench, bench president Vladimir Seks said
that abandoning the non-fixed quota would leave Croatia with the
former solution, according to which the Diaspora has 12
representatives.
Seks also announced the possibility of introducing the postal vote,
and left as open the possibility that parliamentary parties reach
consensus in debating the electoral legislation package put
forward by the HDZ bench.
Asked to comment on today's talks with Bernard Poncet, the head of
the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
Mission to Croatia, Seks said Poncet had conveyed OSCE's wish that
all with Croatian citizenship be given the possibility to vote in
the countries they currently reside in.
Seks said OSCE's request was fully in keeping with HDZ's opinion
that all Croatian citizens should be enabled to vote for House of
Representatives MPs, regardless of their place of residence. These
voters can choose whether they wish to come to vote in Croatia or
would like to do so in Croatian embassies and consulates.
Asked if in this case Serbs with Croatian citizenship who are
currently residing in Yugoslavia would vote for the list in a
separate, the tenth electoral unit or in the electoral unit they
previously lived in, Seks said Croatia possessed clear
documentation with a list of citizens residing outside Croatia.
Croatia also possesses a list for every municipality, town, or
county, with the names of Croatian citizens residing in Croatia.
Serbs who are Croatian citizens belong to one of these two
categories, Seks said, pointing out their mode of voting will be
decided accordingly.
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