Parliament passes amendment to constitution regarding early election

Parliament on Wednesday approved an amendment to the Slovak Constitution regarding an early election that will make it possible to shorten the electoral term by a resolution requiring the votes of 90 MPs. The amendment was supported by 92 of the 147 deputies present, it allows for early elections following a decision by Parliament, not as a result of a referendum.
MPs dealt with the constitutional amendment after Parliament expressed no-confidence in Eduard Heger's (OLANO) Government at the end of last year. Representatives of the former coalition of four parties have already agreed that an early general election will take place on September 30. According to a ruling of the Constitutional Court, it was necessary to amend the Constitution in order to shorten the electoral term so that such a step would comply with the Constitution. (TASR)