CRO PANEL OF JUDGES DISCUSSES CANDIDATES FOR SUPREME COURT ( Editorial: --> 2422 )

( Editorial: --> 2422 ) ZAGREB, Nov 20 (Hina) - The Croatian State Panel of Judges (DSV) held a session Thursday, at which it discussed candidates for judges of the Croatian Supreme Court. In April 1995 the DSV refused to nominate nine candidates to the Supreme Court, which resulted in a successful action in the Constitutional Court to overturn the Panel decision. The DSV on Thursday again failed to nominate seven of these candidates - Milena Drakulic, Gordana Gasparini, Ruzica Horvatinovic, Erika Kocijancic, Milivoj Mikor, Mladen Piskorec and Vladimir Primorac. The other two had desisted from competing. Thursday's panel decision respected the formal and legal procedure and took into consideration all of the Constitutional Court's objections, which had caused the 1995 DSV decision to be annulled. (hina) lm jn 201844 MET nov 97