Slovakia's president says a referendum on shortening the electoral term would be unconstitutional

President Peter Pellegrini will call a referendum with two questions concerning the abolition of so-called lifetime annuities and the restoration of the Special Prosecutor's Office and National Crime Agency for 4 July. A question on a request to shorten the electoral term will not be included in the referendum, with the head of state claiming that it would be in conflict with the Slovak Constitution. [ . . . ] The legal team assessed the question on shortening the electoral term as unconstitutional. He noted that shortening the term is currently only possible through a parliamentary resolution. "No other immediate way of shortening the ongoing electoral term of parliament is recognised by the Constitution in its current wording," Pellegrini added. The president also pointed out that the issue of shortening the electoral term through a referendum had already been examined in detail by the Constitutional Court when former president Zuzana Caputova (2019-24) referred the matter to it.
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