The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 said that the outcome of the vote by Supreme Court judges on nominations for the position of Supreme Court President was expected because it was only natural that they would not support an outsider. Namely, at a general meeting of the Supreme Court, the judges supported the nomination of their colleague Marin Mr\u010dela for Supreme Court President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe outcome of the vote by Supreme Court members was expected,\u201d President Milanovi\u0107 told reporters in Rajevo Selo, where he attended the opening of the 25th<\/sup> edition of an event of authentic creativity entitled \u201cRaspjevana Cvelferija.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe question now is whether police officers will also be choosing their chief, soldiers their chief of staff, state attorneys the attorney general, footballers their coach and children their teacher,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He noted that under the Constitution \u201cthe President of the Republic proposes a candidate for the Supreme Court and not that the Supreme Court chooses among several candidates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNaturally, they are partial because they are a closed community and will not support an outsider,\u201d said President Milanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The President said that the amended Courts Act put the Constitutional Court judges in a situation where they had to choose among several candidates instead of declaring their opinions on a single candidate as had been the case for the past 30 years. \u201cIt is only natural that they will choose one of their own. But it was not conceived that way, it\u2019s a mistake and I keep saying that,\u201d President Milanovi\u0107 reiterated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Change the Constitution and I will back down, the President emphasized. \u201cAs long as the Constitution says so, I will nominate a person I consider to be the best for the job, which does not mean that other people are not good. That\u2019s my duty,\u201d President Milanovi\u0107 concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The President of the Republic Zoran Milanovi\u0107 said that the outcome of the vote by Supreme Court judges on nominations for the position of Supreme Court President was expected because it was only natural that they would not support an outsider. Namely, at a general meeting of the Supreme Court, the judges supported the nomination of their colleague Marin Mr\u010dela for Supreme Court President.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11868,"template":"","news-cat":[12],"class_list":["post-11870","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-cat-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n