Croatia’s Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Friday survived a no-confidence movement in parliament towards his pro-European Union authorities, the second this yr, launched over a high-profile case of alleged corruption involving a former minister.
The movement was initiated by the opposition Social Democratic Social gathering, citing the involvement of presidency ministers and officers of the ruling Croatian Democratic Union in a sequence of corruption circumstances in recent times.
On Friday, 76 out of 140 lawmakers current voted towards the movement and 64 for.
The most recent case includes the arrest and firing of Well being Minister Vili Beros final month over a case of suspected graft, with European prosecutors accusing him of accepting a bribe.
Throughout a parliamentary debate on the movement, Plenkovic mentioned the federal government had supported the work of anti-graft businesses and of the State Legal professional’s Workplace within the case of Beros, who denies any wrongdoing.
That is the second no-confidence movement towards authorities this yr. In Might, 79 deputies rejected the opposition movement in parliament vote.
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