Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic on Tuesday "dismissed as incorrect claims that the failure to elect the Supreme Court president would cause a constitutional crisis in the country and bring the judicial reform to a halt," state agency Hina informed the public.

“There is no constitutional crisis, I don’t know the reason for such claims, whoever is making them is wrong, they simply are not true, nothing dramatic is happening. We have a process that has failed in the first and in the second attempt and now a third public call will be published and I hope it will be successful,” Plenkovic told reporters during a visit to Pozega, noting that the President proposed the candidate for the Supreme Court president and the parliamentary majority elected them.

“The Supreme Court president is elected by the parliament, we have a (Supreme Court) vice-president who will stand in and the process will continue,” he said, concluding that nothing strange would happen and that the Supreme Court and the state would function normally.

“There is no drama. Not reaching an agreement on a person applying for a post is not unusual in a democracy,” said Plenkovic, noting also that the failure to elect the new Supreme Court president would not affect the judicial reform.

In a comment on Milanovic’s remark that the person to stand in for the Supreme Court president has the legitimacy of a toilet attendant, Plenkovic said he did not want to comment on it and that it was up to media to inquire why Milanovic was insulting the Supreme Court vice-president, a serious person who did his job well.

During the visit to Pozega, Plenkovic met with county head Antonija Jozic and Pozega Mayor Zeljko Glavic, announcing that a decision on emergency aid to  the county, recently hit by a storm, would be made at the next government session.