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Croatian parliament passes no-confidence vote against PM

Xinhua, June 17, 2016 Adjust font size:

The Croatian parliament on Thursday passed a no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Tihomir Oreskovic and his government.

Deputies cast 125 votes in favor of no-confidence, and 15 votes against, while two abstained.

The no-confidence motion was put forward by the biggest party in the ruling coalition Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) last week and received support from the main opposition party, the Social Democratic Party (SDP), which wanted to topple the government and hold an early election.

The HDZ said it would start working on a government reshuffle after the vote.

On Wednesday, HDZ's president and First Prime Minister Tomislav Karamarko announced his resignation after being embroiled in conflict-of-interest charges vis-a-vis Croatian oil firm INA.

The HDZ has named Zdravko Maric, the current finance minister from the party, as the candidate for the prime minister-designate.

According to Croatian laws, if the government is voted out and no one wins support from 76 parliament members of the 151-seat parliament to form a new one within 30 days, the president must call an early election. Endit