ZAGREB, Nov 22 (Hina) - Croatian parliamentary parties on Monday agreed that the institute of temporary disability of the President of the Republic to perform his duties be introduced in the legal system through a constitutional law.
Talks on the text of such a law will resume tomorrow within a working group, Parliament President Vlatko Pavletic said after a meeting with the heads of parties and party benches.
ZAGREB, Nov 22 (Hina) - Croatian parliamentary parties on Monday
agreed that the institute of temporary disability of the President
of the Republic to perform his duties be introduced in the legal
system through a constitutional law.
Talks on the text of such a law will resume tomorrow within a working
group, Parliament President Vlatko Pavletic said after a meeting
with the heads of parties and party benches. #L#
Premier Zlatko Matesa made a brief appearance at the meeting at the
request of the Opposition. According to Pavletic, Matesa said that
he did not have special insight into the condition of the President
of the Republic, namely that he knew only what was stated in the
reports of the doctors' team, which he said was not sufficient for
initiating the procedure of establishing permanent disability of
the President of the Republic.
We accept that information at the moment, Opposition Six
coordinator Ivica Racan said, expressing belief that parliamentary
parties would agree on a joint constitutional bill.
The head of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) bench, Vladimir
Seks, also believes a constitutional bill introducing the
institute of temporary disability would be agreed on by consensus.
The HDZ finds the notion of applying the institute of permanent
disability unacceptable, because it would mean prejudging the life
path of the President of the Republic, Seks said.
Parliament President Pavletic announced that he and House of
Counties' president Katica Ivanisevic would today call a session of
both parliamentary houses for Wednesday.
(hina) jn rml