Opposition parties propose parliamentary rules reforms to limit government's legislative powers

Two opposition parties have introduced separate proposals to reform Slovakia's parliamentary procedures, targeting what they see as abuse of legislative processes by the ruling coalition. Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), a liberal opposition party, has proposed stricter rules for expedited legislative procedures and the attachment of amendments to unrelated bills, a practice known as "riders." Meanwhile, Progressive Slovakia (PS), another opposition party, has introduced changes focused on the expulsion of MPs from parliamentary sessions, requiring that the parliamentary presidium be convened before any lawmaker can be removed from the chamber. The competing proposals reflect ongoing tensions between Slovakia's ruling coalition and opposition parties over parliamentary conduct and legislative procedures. Both parties are seeking to limit what they view as procedural overreach by the government in pushing through legislation without proper debate or scrutiny.