SaS: MP Svrcek's Proposal to Amend Constitution Violates Coalition Agreement

Bratislava, January 14 (TASR) - The coalition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party considers the proposal of MP Milos Svrcek (We Are Family) to amend the Constitution, which he submitted to Parliament on Friday, to be an arbitrary violation of the coalition agreement, TASR was told by SaS spokesman Ondrej Sprlak on the same day. "From our point of view, this is another step of the 'We Are Family' party towards working with the opposition and leaving the coalition," said SaS. According to the submitted proposal, the Constitution should be amended to enable shortening of the electoral term of Parliament via a constitutional law as well as a referendum. Among other things, the MP proposes that a referendum on a snap election should not take place in the first or last year of the electoral term. He proposes that the changes take effect on March 1, 2024. am/mcs