| Slovenian govt. in favor of referendum |
| 20 November 2009 | 11:14
| Source:
Tanjug |
LJUBLJANA --
The Slovenian government has voted in favor of letting the citizens decide in a referendum on a border deal with Croatia.
Slovenians will vote to decide whether their parliament should adopt the arbitrage agreement over the border dispute with the neighboring country.
“Since this is an important issue, the government thinks that it is appropriate to get the citizens’ opinion about adopting such an agreement,” said te Foreign Minister Samuel Žbogar.
He also pointed out that the ’’government would completely respect the results of the referendum“ despite its advisory character.
The foreign minister stressed that such approach on the part of the government was “in accordance with legal and democratic traditions,” STA news agency reported.
The Slovenian parliament will decide about the holding of the referendum and the form of the referendum question, and after that the text of the agreement will be published in the media and become accessible to the citizens.
The arbitrage agreement in question, which should solve the border dispute between Slovenia and Croatia, was signed on November 4 in Stockholm by the prime ministers of Slovenia and Croatia, Borut Pahor and Jadranka Kosor.
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