Court Bans Referendum on Erased

Ljubljana, 15 June - The Constitutional Court has decided it will not allow a referendum on legislation that reinstates the status of some of the estimated 26,000 citizens of the former Yugoslavia who were deleted from Slovenia's permanent resident registry in 1992 because the rejection of the law would create unlawful consequences.

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Katarina Kresal (left) and National Assembly Speaker Pavel Gantar at the public announcement of the Constitutional Court's ruling on a referendum the erased.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
The Constitutional Court announces its ruling on a petition to examine a request for a referendum legislation on the erased.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
The Constitutional Court announces its ruling on a petition to examine a request for a referendum legislation on the erased.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
The Constitutional Court announces its ruling on a petition to examine a request for a referendum legislation on the erased.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Katarina Kresal (left) and National Assembly Speaker Pavel Gantar at the public announcement of the Constitutional Court's ruling on a referendum the erased.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Katarina Kresal (left) and National Assembly Speaker Pavel Gantar at the public announcement of the Constitutional Court's ruling on a referendum the erased.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana, ustavno sodišče.
Javna razglasitev odločitve ustavnega sodišča glede referenduma o izbrisanih, ki se ga je udeležila tudi ministrica za notranje zadeve Katarina Kresal.
Predsednik državnega zbora Pavel Gantar in ministrica za notranje zadeve Katarina Kresal.
Foto: Daniel Novakovič/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Katarina Kresal (left) and National Assembly Speaker Pavel Gantar at the public announcement of the Constitutional Court's ruling on a referendum the erased.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

Ljubljana
Interior Minister Katarina Kresal (left) and National Assembly Speaker Pavel Gantar at the public announcement of the Constitutional Court's ruling on a referendum the erased.
Photo: Daniel Novakovic/STA

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