Slovenia rejects bill in blow to PM Janez Jansa’s reform agenda
- Slovenians narrowly rejected a government bill in a referendum Sunday, dealing a blow to nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa's reform agenda, which the opposition has denounced as "authoritarian".
- The proposal had been to expand the powers of parliamentary inquiry commissions, but 51 percent of voters rejected it, to 49 percent in favour, with 99 percent of the votes counted in the binding referendum.
- Had the proposed law been approved, individuals summoned to testify before parliamentary inquiries would have had to appear immediately, with no right to challenge the summons in court until t
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- Slovenians narrowly rejected a government bill in a referendum Sunday, dealing a blow to nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa's reform agenda, which the opposition has denounced as "authoritarian".
- The proposal had been to expand the powers of parliamentary inquiry commissions, but 51 percent of voters rejected it, to 49 percent in favour, with 99 percent of the votes counted in the binding referendum.
- Had the proposed law been approved, individuals summoned to testify before parliamentary inquiries would have had to appear immediately, with no right to challenge the summons in court until t
Sources: France 24