The Parliamentary Committee for Elections and Appointments established a unique final list of a total of 9 candidates for the election of the Chair and four members of the Commission for Deciding on Conflict of Interest at its meeting on Friday, among which are three current members, from whom the representatives will select five to form the new Commission.
The ruling majority proposed, and the Committee confirmed, that the list includes Tončica Božić, Davorin Ivanjek, Aleksandra Ileković Jozić, Dalija Orešković, Nataša Novaković, and Tatijana Vučetić, from which they propose Dalija Orešković and Nataša Novaković for the Chair of the Commission.
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Arsen Bauk (SDP) on behalf of the opposition proposed that Antonija Petričušić, Duje Prkut, and Dragan Zelić also be included on the list for members of the Commission.
His proposal to select as many candidates as there are positions, namely five, did not pass, for which the Committee Chair Ante Sanader stated that it would be “undemocratic” for the Committee to decide instead of the Parliament.
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Members voted individually on each proposed candidate, with the current Chair of the Commission Dalija Orešković receiving unanimous support from the Committee. The Committee will send this list to the Parliament, which is expected to include it in the agenda on Wednesday, discuss it on Thursday, and vote on the Commission itself next Friday.
The President and members of the Commission for Deciding on Conflict of Interest are elected by the Croatian Parliament through secret ballot, and the condition is that they receive a majority of votes from all representatives, namely 76 votes. They are elected for five years, and they can be elected to their position a maximum of two times.
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The current Commission’s mandate expires on Sunday, February 11, which means that this body will not exist next week, as the law does not provide for the extension of the current mandate until the election of a new Commission.
