Centre-Right Coalition Parties Reiterate Need for Provinces

Ljubljana, 17 June - MPs of the three centre-right coalition parties emphasised again on Tuesday that Slovenia needed provinces. The coalition would do everything in its power to pass the necessary legislation still in this term, they added ahead of the referendum on the government proposal for 13 provinces, scheduled for Sunday.

Ljubljana
Coalition deputies Franc Puksic of the Slovenian Democrats (centre), Martin Mikolic of New Slovenia (left) and Kristijan Janc of the People's Party (right) at a press conference ahead of Sunday's consultative referendum on regions.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Coalition deputies Franc Puksic of the Slovenian Democrats (centre), Martin Mikolic of New Slovenia (left) and Kristijan Janc of the People's Party (right) at a press conference ahead of Sunday's consultative referendum on regions.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Coalition deputies Franc Puksic of the Slovenian Democrats (centre), Martin Mikolic of New Slovenia (left) and Kristijan Janc of the People's Party (right) at a press conference ahead of Sunday's consultative referendum on regions.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, DZ.
Novinarska konferenca koalicije pred referendumom o pokrajinah.
Poslanci SDS Franc Pukšič, NSi Martin Mikolič in SLS Kristijan Janc.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Coalition deputies Franc Puksic of the Slovenian Democrats (left), Martin Mikolic of New Slovenia (centre) and Kristijan Janc of the People's Party (right) at a press conference ahead of Sunday's consultative referendum on regions.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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