COUNCIL ACT
ZAGREB, May 17 (Hina) - Croatian Parliament House of
Representatives at Friday's session concluded an exhaustive and
frequently interrupted discussion on amendments of the Act on the
State Court Council, proposed by Vladimir Primorac.
Explaining the amendments, Primorac recalled that the Act in
article 9 established that the president and members of the Council
could be relieved of duties at their own request, in case they got
a prison sentence, if they permanently lost the ability to perform
their duties and if they obtained another country's citizenship.
As there are no regulations which say that a member of the
Council could be relieved of his post for not performing under the
Constitution and law, Primorac held that such a regulation should
be introduced.
Primorac spoke critically about the work of the State Court
Council, stressing that each of its sessions was a disgrace, that
the Council "ruined the Croatian legal system" which was
inefficient and had never been worse in modern history.
Primorac's suggestion was not acceptable for a number of
reasons, a Croatian Democratic Party (HDZ) representative, Vladimir
Seks, said.
Passing of such an amendment would mean that people would be
held responsible for their expressed opinion and if the members or
the president of the Council answered an opinion expressed during
voting or decision-making, nothing would be left of the Council's
independence, Seks said.
He added that Primorac had not based his criticism of the
Council's work on facts, and that the Council performed
constitutional and legal tasks promptly and in line with the law.
Reasons for amendments were not accepted by the government and
judiciary and law committees.
Primorac's suggestion was supported by representatives of the
Social Democratic Party (SDP), Istrian Democratic Party (IDS) and
Croatian Peasants' Party (HSS).
Primorac concluded by saying that the goal of his suggestion
was to improve the situation in law.
After Primorac's conclusion the chairwoman Jadranka Kosor
ordered a recess due to passionate reactions and corrections from
the benches.
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