ZAGREB, June 29, 2020 – Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic said on Monday he was not worried about media reports that the Constitutional Court would launch the procedure to assess the constitutionality of decisions by the coronavirus response team, adding that he was confident everything had been done in accordance with the law and in the public interest.
“I’m not worried at all. I’m sure when the Constitutional Court takes everything into consideration when it looks at the arguments and the government’s opinion, … (it will see) that everything we did was in accordance with the constitution and the law and in the public interest,” Plenkovic told a press conference in Zagreb.
He said that sometimes he got the impression that “the opposition is rooting for coronavirus, which is irresponsible,” he added.
Commenting on the matter while on the campaign trail in Dugo Selo, Parliament Speaker Gordan Jandrokovic said that the initiative had been launched by two left-leaning Constitutional Court judges and that its purpose was to create an atmosphere of uncertainty.
He said that the situation was unusual given that it was the final week of the election campaign.
“I think matters like this should be dealt with within the Constitutional Court itself. This information was obviously released to create an atmosphere of uncertainty. It is important that the Constitutional Court has said that the procedure is not being launched ex officio and that it is an attempt by two judges to bring this matter to the fore,” Jandrokovic said.
