Although certain media outlets have published the information that the Conflict of Interest Commission has launched proceedings against Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic, the chair of the Commission, Natasa Novakovic, told N1 on Friday that this information was not true.

“The proceedings were not launched against Prime Minister Plenkovic, we are only examining the complaint,” Novakovic said to N1.

“The Commission received a complaint yesterday, and we are looking into it, but it was not discussed at the Commission’s session, nor did the Commission come to a decision on whether to launch proceedings against the Prime Minister,” she said.

Prime Minister Plenkovic was reported to the Commission by the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP) MPs, Pedja Grbin and Sinisa Hajdas-Doncic over “the hiring of some partners to write Lex Agrokor, as evident from the e-mails and media reports,” said Hajdas-Doncic on Thursday.

“Grbin and me have analysed the material concerning Plenkovic’s role in the drafting of Lex Agrokor, and we reported him today to the Commission, helping it to launch proceedings against him,” said Hajdas-Doncic, adding that they did it on their own behalf, as MPs, and not on behalf of their party.

The Commission examines complaints it receives before deciding whether to launch a formal investigation into each individual case of suspected conflict of interest involving public officials. If allegations are proven, the Commission can order officials in question to pay fines.

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