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Referendum question designed: Serbian citizens should provide answer to this question
According to RTS, the question is: "Are you in favor of confirming the act on changing the constitution of the Republic of Serbia?"
The proposal was sent to the Republic Election Commission, which should give an opinion on it.
The Assembly passed the Law on Referendum and People's Initiative
178 deputies voted for the law, two were against, and no one abstained.
This law should regulate the manner of direct voting, i.e. decision-making of citizens by referendum, and the manner in which the people's initiative will be realized in the future.
Police trade union takes action to warn about abuse
Ljubljana – The SPS police trade union has submitted to parliament an initiative to collect signatures from citizens in support of amendments to the employment relationships act that would make conditions for reprimanding employees before dismissal stricter and more specific. The SPS warns the disciplinary measure has been abused in the police force.
Signatures for waters act referendum delivered to parliament
Ljubljana – A civil initiative opposing the latest changes to the waters act has submitted almost 50,000 signatures in support of its initiative to hold a referendum on the law, which was passed at the end of March. The National Assembly must now meet to formally call a referendum in seven days.
Collection of signatures for water referendum starts
Ljubljana – The collection of signatures for a referendum on the water act started on Tuesday amidst appeals by environmentalists that water sources should be protected and warnings by the government that the referendum would actually be damaging for water sources and for people living along bodies of water.
Military investment act cleared by Constitutional Court
Ljubljana – The Constitutional Court has cleared an act securing EUR 780 million in investments in the Slovenian Armed Forces (SAF) until 2026 as well as parliament’s decision not to allow a referendum on the act sought by the centre-left opposition.
Referendum on budget act declared inadmissible
Ljubljana – The National Assembly has voted 46:31 to declare as inadmissible a referendum on amendments to the budget implementation act that exempt the military from certain budget constraints.
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Govt declares referendum on military investment inadmissible
Ljubljana – The government adopted a draft decree at a correspondence session on Monday saying that a referendum on the changes to the 2021 and 2022 budgets implementation act to allow for long-term financing of investments in the Slovenian Armed Forces would be inadmissible.
Initiatives for referendum on water act changes gain momentum
Ljubljana- Two initiatives to put recently passed changes to the water act to a referendum have collected over 9,000 and 33,000 signatures, respectively, more than enough for the proposals to move to the next stage of proceedings. The motions were tabled in parliament today, both groups of NGOs said on Tuesday.
Left starts collecting signatures for anti-military investment referendum
Ljubljana – The opposition Left launched on Saturday a campaign to collect signatures for a referendum that would block EUR 780 military investments after the parliament adopted changes bypassing the Constitutional Court decision to stay the legislation allowing for the investments.