ZAGREB, May 12, 2020 – Zagreb Mayor Milan Bandić said on Tuesday that the parliamentary group of his Work and Solidarity Party was unanimous that it would not support the parliament’s dissolution if parliament did not previously vote in a law on the reconstruction of Zagreb.
Bandić said he would be happy if the law was voted in by the current parliament, adding that even though this was difficult to expect, he had heard that the bill would receive first reading “as early as next week.”
Bandić believes that the law on the post-quake reconstruction of the capital city could be adopted under fast-track procedure.
“There is still time for those in charge at the state level to respond appropriately because this is a top priority,” said Bandić.
Commenting on announcements that people in self-isolation would be allowed to go to the polls in the coming parliamentary elections, Bandić said that the precondition for holding elections “is a zero or close to zero rate of the coronavirus.”
“Anything that would put citizens’ health at risk would constitute the scoring of cheap political points and timing elections to suit one’s own interests. I’m against that and we will be against that.”
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