Croatian government decided on Friday to send reports about the coronavirus restrictions to Parliament only three times a year, after oppposition MPs had called for monthly reports. The government scheduled their first three reports for January, June, and September 2021.

The conclusion was supported by party groups comprising the ruling coalition and was accepted by a government representative, Health Ministry State Secretary Tomislav Dulibic.

The government should submit its reports to the parliament at the start of its next session, in January, in June and at the start of the autumn session, in September 2021.

The government representative did not accept an amendment put forward by the Bridge party asking the government to submit reports once a month in order to enable further decisions that would make restrictions tighter, less tight or lift them entirely.

The health minister submits a report on the current situation regarding coronavirus at each government session and the government regularly forwards proposals to the parliament regarding the effect of the law and they are debated there, said Dulibic.

MP Marija Selak Raspudic of the Bridge party group expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s response, saying that the opposition wanted to send a message that they were willing to cooperate in managing the coronavirus crisis but their offer was rejected.

“We are in an unenviable situation, the numbers are rising rapidly, and in order to be able to assess the situation, one must act fast, three times a year is not enough,” Selak Raspudic said, noting that Great Britain was revising its restrictions every two weeks.