Original scientific paper
ELECTIONS FOR THE HOUSE OF COUNTIES OF THE CROATIAN PARLIAMENT
Mirjana Kasapović
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The Constitution of 1990 established a bicameral parliamentary system. The constitutional bicameralism has never been seriously theoretically and politically expounded; thus the issue of the representativeness and functionality of the second House of Sabor has remained open. The constitution of `upanijas (counties) casts some doubts on the representative function of that body, while the consultative and deliberative functions and especially the interventions into the legislative system by means of the suspensory veto have remained unfulfilled due to the same party's majorities in both houses. Regarding the 1997 electoral results for the House of Counties, this situation will not be dramatically changed.
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Hrčak ID:
105733
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Publication date:
18.6.1997.
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