The Constitutional Court said on Thursday it would not act on a motion by the opposition Social Democratic Party (SDP), which a couple of months ago requested a parliamentary committee to discuss Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic's possible conflict of interest only to be turned down by Plenkovic-led majority.

SDP lawmakers interpreted that rejection as a blow to the democratic multi-party system and submitted a motion to the Constitutional Court and on July 4 walked out of the committee meeting after the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) rejected for the fourth time to discuss Plenkovic’s conflict of interest case.

“Plenkovic asked that the president of the Conflict of Interest Commission, Natasa Novakovic, be exempted (from his case), and all we want is for the Committee on the Constitution or anyone else to decide in whose remit it is to decide on the exemption,” MP Pedja Grbin (SDP) said then.

He added that he did not wish to comment on the authority of the majority to reject their request, but that a debate has to be conducted if a minority party requests one.

He said that the opposition had requested a debate on a violation of the Standing Orders which allow the minority to put an item on the agenda. However, committee chairman Zeljko Reiner (HDZ) said that it was his autonomous right to choose which items to include on the agenda.

The SDP then asked the Constitutional Court to use its powers and point out to the parliament the “unconstitutional and unlawful aspects in the work of parliamentary bodies.”

The Constitutional Court has found, in a decision posted on its website Thursday, that there is no reason for it to deal with this matter.