Slovakia May Soon Introduce Constitutional Referendum on Early Elections

Slovakia's ruling Hlas party has signaled it may support adding provisions for a referendum on early elections to the country's constitution. Deputy Prime Minister Richard Raši, who leads Hlas, said he expects constitutional lawyers to formulate specific rules for such referendums, with restrictions preventing them from being held shortly before or after regular parliamentary elections. Hlas is part of the governing coalition alongside Robert Fico's Smer-SD and the nationalist SNS party. The proposal would represent a significant constitutional change, potentially giving voters a direct mechanism to trigger early elections outside the normal four-year electoral cycle, though the specific conditions and procedural requirements remain to be defined by legal experts.