National Council Državni svet Republike Slovenije | |
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| History | |
| Founded | 23 December 1992; 32 years ago (1992-12-23)[1] |
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President | Marko Lotrič since 19 December 2022 |
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| Seats | 40 |
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Length of term | 5 years |
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| Indirectfirst-past-the-post | |
Last election | 22 and 23 November 2017[2] |
Next election | Autumn 2022 |
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| Council Chamber Ljubljana, Slovenia | |
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TheNational Council (Slovene:Državni svet Republike Slovenije or short formdržavni svet) is according to theConstitution of Slovenia the representative of social, economic, professional and local interest groups inSlovenia.
The Council may be regarded as anupper house within a distinctively incompletebicameralism;[3] it has alegislative function as a corrective and oversight mechanism for theNational Assembly, though it does not itself pass acts.[4] It is not elected directly by the population, but is meant to represent significant interest groups in the country. Councilors are elected for a five-year term. Elections to the National Council are not regulated by the Constitution, but by a two-thirds majority of the National Assembly.
The current president of the National Council (from 19 December 2022) isMarko Lotrič.
The council has 40 members:[5]
The local (or "territorial") councilors are elected by municipal bodies, while the remaining "functional" councilors are elected by professional and interest-group associations. The Council is officially nonpartisan, though national political parties exert an influence on the selection of local councilors.
The pre-1992 legislature of theSocialist Republic of Slovenia had a tricameral structure, comprising a Sociopolitical Assembly, a Municipalities' Assembly, and an Assembly of United Labor. The National Council informally succeeded the latter two chambers, and is similarly geared toward the representation of local, economic, and occupational interests.
The emblem of the Council is a stylized rendition of thePlečnik Parliament, an unrealized 1947 design for a new national legislature by the country's most eminent architect,Jože Plečnik.
Most of the National Council's powers are advisory in nature, with the chamber mainly intended to serve as an institutional source of oversight of the National Assembly. The Council may:
The Council also possesses a single non-advisory power, thesuspensive veto: it may by majority vote suspend any new law within seven days of its passage. Laws suspended by a Council veto can be reconfirmed by the Assembly, but an absolute majority of the chamber is required on second passage. Laws pertaining solely to the state budget are exempt from the veto, and the Council cannot veto the same law a second time.
The most notable use of the suspensive veto occurred on October 11th, 2022, when the Council voted to suspend a newly-passed law permittingsame-sex marriage. The veto was overridden by the Assembly on October 18th.
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