• After 14 months, parliament debated the President’s proposal to appoint Mirta Matić as President of the Supreme Court.
  • The left opposition (Možemo!, SDP) accused HDZ of blocking the appointment to secure a majority in the Constitutional Court.
  • HDZ announced support for Matić, while the opposition refuses to vote on Constitutional Court judges in the same package.
  • Most’s Nikola Grmoja warned of a classified document allegedly compromising the candidate.
  • Marija Selak Raspudić (Independent Club) criticized the political deal between Milanović and Plenković on the candidate.
  • SDSS’s Milorad Pupovac called for an end to political competition over judicial appointments.

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