In the Parliament, the most unjustified absences were recorded by Klarin, Barišić, Varga, Esih, and Kirin

Representative Bruna Esih (Independent for Croatia) was the only one to unjustifiably miss the collective parliamentary session in April, which is the lowest number of absences since last July when absences began to incur financial penalties, and in nine parliamentary months, statistics show that almost half of the representatives were unjustifiably absent.

Esih, as shown by the report of the Committee for Elections, Appointments, and Administrative Affairs, was absent only one out of a total of nine days that the Parliament convened, so her representative flat fee of 1500 kuna will be reduced by 150 kuna.

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Since July, when unjustified absences began to be penalized, the most representatives were absent in December (27), followed by July (26), and then February (21).

A review of the nine parliamentary months shows that unjustifiably, from one to as many as 17 days, almost half of the 151 representatives, specifically 68, were absent.

The most unjustified absences were recorded by the now former representative Ivan Klarin (SDP), who unjustifiably missed 17 days in July and September alone. Klarin withdrew from the Parliament last autumn, believing that as the mayor of the municipality of Tisno, he could not adequately perform both duties.

In the “top 5” Klarin, Barišić, Varga, Esih, and Kirin

Following him in the number of unjustified days are HDZ’s Dražen Barišić (12) and SDP’s Siniša Varga (10), while Esih and Ivan Kirin (HDZ) also enter the “top five” with eight unjustified days each over nine months.

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Most’s Ivana Lesandrić-Ninčević and HDZ’s Frano Lucić unjustifiably missed seven days, six were absent unjustifiably: independents Mirando Mrsić and Vlaho Orepić, HSS’s Ana-Marija Petin, and SDP’s Mihael Zmajlović and Domagoj Hajduković.

Reformist Darinko Dumbović, SDP’s Sabina Glasovac, and HDZ’s Ivan Domagoj Milišević each have five unjustified absences, while ten representatives have four: Marko Vučetić (NZ), HDZ’s Petar Škorić and Tomislav Klarić, Hrvoje Runtić (Most), SDP’s Orsat Miljenić, Stjepan Kovač, and Ana Komparić Devčić, and HSS’s Mladen Madjer, Željko Lenart, and Krešo Beljak.

Nine representatives were unjustifiably absent for three days, eleven for two, and as many as 23 representatives were absent for one day.

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Since last July, when, at the initiative of Most, unjustified absences from the parliament began to incur financial penalties, representatives have been fined around 35,000 kuna.

A representative’s absence is justified if they were ill, which must be confirmed by a doctor, if there was a death in the family, if they had to respond to a court summons, or if they had to attend social, political, and other gatherings to which they were invited. Absences are also justified for participation in meetings of municipal and city councils and county assemblies.