MPs Clash over Lawyers

Ljubljana, 8 April - The coalition and opposition clashed over the way attorney fees should be set and the opposition's decision to call a referendum on the matter at an urgent session of the National Assembly on Wednesday. In the end, the coalition pushed through a motion to have the Constitutional Court review the potential effects of the referendum.

Ljubljana, DZ.
Izredna seja DZ.
Poslanec SD Dušan Kumer.
Foto: Tamino Petelinšek/STA

Ljubljana
Deputies debate whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Justice Minister Ales Zalar (front left) attends an urgent session of the National Assembly dedicated to the question whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Justice Minister Ales Zalar attends an urgent session of the National Assembly dedicated to the question whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Deputies debate whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Justice Minister Ales Zalar (front left) attends an urgent session of the National Assembly dedicated to the question whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
SDS deputies Jozef Jerovsek and France Cukjati attend an urgent session of the National Assembly dedicated to the question whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Deputies debate whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Deputies debate whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
Deputies debate whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
SDS deputy Joze Tanko speaks at an urgent session of the National Assembly dedicated to the question whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
LDS deputy Borut Sajovic speaks to the press at the sidelines of an urgent session of the National Assembly dedicated to the question whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

Ljubljana
SDS deputy Branko Grims speaks to the press at the sidelines of an urgent session of the National Assembly dedicated to the question whether the Constitutional Court should examine the consequences of a referendum on the recently passed amendments to the attorneys act.
Photo: Tamino Petelinsek/STA

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