Top court: Referendum question on shortening parlt term not in line with constitution

The subject of a proposed referendum on shortening parliament's term in office is not in line with the constitution, Constitutional Court chairman Ivan Fiacan said after a closed-door session of the court's plenum on Wednesday. President Zuzana Caputova asked the Constitutional Court whether or not the subject of the proposed referendum is in accordance with the constitution, and, if so, how the relevant constitutional bodies should proceed after a valid referendum. The petition for a referendum on a snap election was signed by more than 585,000 people. It was initiated by the opposition Smer-SD party, joined by the non-parliamentary Voice-SD and the Slovak National Party. All three parties say that the proposed referendum is civil and apolitical.