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.
Ed Westwick puts on a dapper display as he steps out with stunning fiancée Amy Jackson for star
Imposing travel restrictions for China arrivals scientifically unjustified: ACI EUROPE
Comicomment: 'Summit for Democracy' not about democracy
Global trade to rebound by 2.6 pct in 2024: WTO report
2 suspects detained in Poland for attack on a Navalny ally in Lithuania
European stocks drop as ECB hikes rates
UN chief calls for reaching consensus on climate actions at COP27
World Insights: NATO's meddling in Asia
Taylor Swift 'calls out Kadarius Toney' on The Tortured Poets Department song about Travis Kelce
UN chief calls for restraint after Iran's retaliatory attacks on Israel
Taylor Swift leaves QR codes with secret meanings in Sydney and Melbourne ahead of the much
Trojan horse or unproven fears? Into U.S. demonization of Chinese manufacturing