Since its proclamation, the Constitution has been amended seven times, with four major
amendments:[2]
In July 1997, the Spanish compromise legalised selling of
real estate to foreigners as part of the convergence with the
European Union.
In July 2000, the
proportional voting system was entered directly in constitution to avoid legal gap that threatened to happen after the National Assembly didn't approve the law about this issue according to somewhat unclear
referendum results: three voting systems were proposed to people but none of them won the absolute majority of voters. In a disputed decision, the
Constitutional Court of Slovenia ruled that if any law is to be passed, it is to be the law according to the option that got relative majority. In the political events that followed the time was running out and changing the constitution seemed like a good escape from
status quo.
In March 2003, the constitutional amendment was passed that enabled for the transmission of certain legal powers to international organisations. This would allow Slovenia to enter the European Union and
NATO if it be the will of the people.[4] A referendum on such was held on 23 March 2003.
In June 2006, three articles of the constitution were amended to clarify the definition of Public Authority, to clarify transfer of state functions to municipal authorities, and to clarify how
regions are established and authorized to carry out state functions. As of April 2020[update], these have not yet been established.
Contents
The document is divided into ten chapters:
General Provisions
Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
Economic and Social Relations
Organisation of the State (under this provision, two of the seats in the National Assembly are reserved, one each to members of the country's Italian and Hungarian national communities)
Self-Government
Public Finance
Constitutionality and Legality
The Constitutional Court
Procedure for Amending the Constitution
Transitional and Final Provisions
References
^Žerdin, Ali (16 September 2012).
"Omrežje, ki je pletlo ustavo" [The Network that Weaved the Constitution]. Slovenske novice [Slovene News] (in Slovenian).