27 January 2023
National Council of Slovakia (photo credit: Nicolas Giroux/flickr)
An amendment to the constitution allowing early elections to be called by a vote of parliament was approved by MPs on [25 January]. Under the amendment, elections can be called before the end of the normal parliamentary term, but such a move would require the votes of [a three-fifths majority, which is] at least 90 MPs. A total of 92 MPs from the current coalition parties, as well as MPs that previously left individual parties' caucuses, backed the amendment on [25 January]. [...] [Before the no-confidence vote against Prime Minister Eduard Heger in December 2022, lawmakers had decided to hold a referendum on early elections, but the referendum failed on January 21 due to low voter turnout. After the no-confidence vote and the prime minister's inability to form a new government, parliament began deliberating the constitutional amendment that passed on 25 January.] [L]awmakers have yet to decide on a new date for early elections.
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The Slovak Spector
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