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Zagreb - Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandroković said on Monday that the election of ten new Constitutional Court judges requires a two-thirds majority of parliamentary deputies, meaning the ruling party must reach an agreement with at least part of the opposition.
"To elect the judges, a two-thirds majority in the Croatian Parliament is needed. Therefore, the parliamentary majority alone is not sufficient; we need more than 100 deputies. That is why we need to reach an agreement with at least part of the opposition," Jandroković told reporters at a scientific congress in Split.
Asked if the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) would negotiate with its coalition partner, the Homeland Movement (DP), regarding the election of the new Constitutional Court judges, he said that all parties, including DP, would be involved in the negotiations.
He recalled that the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders, and Political System had issued a public call for the election of Constitutional Court judges, initiating a 30-day period for candidates to apply. Afterwards, interviews will be conducted with the candidates for the position.
When asked how the new ministers from DP were doing, he replied that they seem to be functioning solidly so far. However, he expects them to "delve deeper into the subject matter and show everything they know" in the upcoming period.
"There is no longer a hundred-day pause as there used to be. Today, one must dive right in," he said.
Jandroković opened the scientific congress “13th ISABS Conference on Applied Genetics and Mayo Clinic Lectures in Translational Medicine” in Split.