OLaNO insists on constitutional majority in constitutional judge elections

The Opposition OLaNO party insists that Parliament should elect candidates for Constitutional Court judges with at least with 90 votes, i.e. with a constitutional majority, OLaNO leader Igor Matovic told a news conference held in Parliament on Friday, adding that the party has discussed the change with Justice Minister Gabor Gal (Most-Hid). "We came up with 30 proposals for change, including a key one - that a constitutional majority should be needed to elect candidates for constitutional judges," said Matovic, adding that the Venice Commission recommends a constitutional majority as well. Matovic stressed that the composition of Constitutional Court is very important.