ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s Constitutional Court on Friday banned President Zoran Milanović from becoming prime minister in case his center-left party manages to garner a majority after this week’s highly contested parliamentary election.
The ballot on Wednesday ended inconclusively. The governing center-right Croatian Democratic Union won the most votes but not enough to rule alone. Although it finished second, Milanović's Social Democratic Party is also trying to muster a coalition in the 151-member parliament.
Milanović made a surprise announcement that he would run for prime minister just hours after calling the election for April 17. The Constitutional Court later warned him that he had to resign first, a warning that he ignored.
“The Constitutional Court established that with his statements and behavior the president ... brought himself in the position that he can neither be the prime minister-designate of the future government nor the future prime minister,” said the ruling.
The Walking Dead star Tom Payne 'unexpectedly' welcomes TWINS with model wife Jennifer Akerman
2022 Beijing Media Center Opens
China Beat S. Korea in AFC Women's Asian Cup Final
China to Enhance Regulation of Off
Atlanta or Afghanistan? Wild shootout breaks out at gas station with one gunman wielding an AK
Feature: Beijing Normal University Pioneers Integrating Sports, Education
Protection of consumers' personal information highlighted in China's new regulations
China Makes Progress in Consolidating Poverty Alleviation: Official
Start of Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial is delayed a week to mid
People Eat Laba Porridge to Greet Laba Festival
French athletes at Paris Olympics will receive better mental health protection
Feature: Beijing Normal University Pioneers Integrating Sports, Education