The leader of a civil society group heading a campaign against the government’s plan to lease motorways, unionist Mijat Stanic, on Friday welcomed the government’s decision to back down from this idea, adding that the group would not back out of their demand for a referendum as they wanted to ban leasing motorways by law.…
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Court asked to test motorway referendum question constitutionality
The Croatian Parliament’s Constitution Committee on Wednesday decided to ask the Constitutional Court to test the constitutionality of the question in the planned referendum against leasing motorways, with Committee Chairman Pedja Grbin of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) explaining that the referendum question would imply an absolute ban on concessions in the motorway sector. In…
Road union rep not surprised by constitutional court’s decision
President of the Independent Roads Union Mijat Stanic, who was the main person behind an initiative to call a referendum against the government’s plan to lease Croatian motorways, said on Tuesday that he wasn’t surprised that the Constitutional Court had rejected a request to temporarily ban any further procedures until the referendum was finalised. “The…
Constitutional court rejects request for temporary ban on motorway lease
The Constitutional Court on Monday rejected a request by a civil society group that objects to leasing Croatia’s motorways to ban the government and transport ministry from taking any further steps in this regard until the results of a referendum are made known, stating that there are no grounds for the Constitutional Court to act…
Parliamentary committee wants court to assess outsourcing referendum question
The parliamentary Committee on the Constitution proposed on Wednesday that Parliament formally ask the Constitutional Court to assess the constitutionality of the referendum question on outsourcing of non-core public-sector services. The proposal was backed by the Social Democratic Party (SDP) members of the Committee. The Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) members did not attend, while…
Parliamentary committee formulates referendum bill
The parliamentary committee on the Constitution on Wednesday formulated a new referendum bill which, despite objections from the opposition and the committee’s external members, retains a provision under which signatures for referendum petitions would be collected only in state administration offices and via the e-citizens service. External member Nenad Zakosek said signature collection must be…