ZAGREB, Feb 20 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's president has dismissed assertions of the opposition that in his interview to the Croatian Radio last week he announced the reduction of the number of the Sabor's sessions and a shift
from the parliamentary system to a model of countries that have chancellors.
ZAGREB, Feb 20 (Hina) - The Croatian parliament's president has
dismissed assertions of the opposition that in his interview to the
Croatian Radio last week he announced the reduction of the number of
the Sabor's sessions and a shift from the parliamentary system to a
model of countries that have chancellors.#L#
After the parliamentary presidency's session on Friday, Vladimir Seks
said that in his interview to the radio he had not labelled the
Croatian parliament as a chat-room, but that he had said that he
would use all possible means which the Constitution offered in this
field, as well as laws and the parliament's rules of procedure "to
protect the dignity of the Sabor" and prevent some individuals to
filibuster over bills at sessions.
"I did not call the Sabor as a chat-room, what some impute to me, but
I said that I would not allow it to transform itself into a chat-room.
I only want that in accordance to the book of rules, the Sabor be a
place in which rational discussions are held," Seks said.
He also refuted remarks of Milanka Opacic (Social Democratic Party)
and Miroslav Rozic (the Croatian Party of Rights or HSP) who
criticised him saying that he would like to obstruct the work of the
opposition and relegate the parliament to a marginal status.
"These fears are groundless, which the practice will confirm," Seks
said
Commenting on a draft declaration on the free expression of opinions,
which the HSP sent into parliamentary procedure on Thursday, the Sabor
Speaker said that it was unnecessary as he believed that "the freedom
of the speech is very well defined by the book of rules".
(Hina) ms