CONSTITUTIONAL COURT PRESIDENT DELIVERS LECTURE IN VIENNA

VIENNA, Feb 12 (Hina) - Croatian Constitutional Court president Jadranko Crnic, currently on a visit to Austria, met in Vienna on Wednesday with the head of the Institute for the Danube River Region and Central Europe, Erhard Busek. Crnic said that they agreed that there were many common interests and possibilities of cooperation on concrete issues, which would be discussed in greater detail during Busek's visit to Croatia. At the Austrian Constitutional Court, Crnic delivered a lecture on the work and powers of the Croatian Constitutional Court. The Court's basic task is to control the legislative, executive and judicial authorities as well as to protect constitutional freedoms and human and civil rights, he said. "Anyone can lodge a constitutional complaint with the Constitutional Court if they believe that their freedoms and rights guaranteed by the Constitution have been violated by judicial or administrative authorities," Crnic said. He noted that this possibility resulted in an increasing number of constitutional complaints. (hina) vm jn 121537 MET feb 97