ZAGREB, Feb 26 (Hina) - The club of parliamentary deputies of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has voiced concern over the arbitrariness and undemocratic moves which the ruling Croatian Democratic Union's (HDZ) representatives
carried out in the Sabor.
ZAGREB, Feb 26 (Hina) - The club of parliamentary deputies of the
Social Democratic Party (SDP) has voiced concern over the
arbitrariness and undemocratic moves which the ruling Croatian
Democratic Union's (HDZ) representatives carried out in the Sabor.#L#
SDP MPs, who held a news conference in the parliament on Thursday,
accused the Sabor's head Vladimir Seks and the head of the elections
and nominations commission, Branimir Glavas, "of carrying out violence
over parliamentarism, and of marginalising the role of the
parliament". They also believe that the session are being conducted
below the achieved level of parliamentary democracy.
SDP MPs complained that opposition deputies were not allowed to speak,
that the parliament's rule book was being interpreted in an arbitrary
manner and that opposition's motions were added to the bottom of the
agenda.
The manner in which Seks and Glavas interpret and carry out
regulations of the rule book indicates their intention to shun
democracy and also the Croatian public which has the right to know
what is going on in parliament, an SDP vice president, Zeljka
Antunovic said.
Another SDP official, Gordana Sobol, said that the the fears proved to
be founded that Prime Minister Ivo Sanader would tour Europe,
promoting 'the washed face' of his HDZ, and let his party's members to
carry out the real agenda of the HDZ in parliament, which was even
worse than before 2000.
(Hina) ms sb