Slovenia’s Supreme Court has rejected a lawsuit aimed at overturning the results of a referendum in which the public voted against legalizing assisted dying. Although the court recognized multiple campaign irregularities and illicit conduct, it concluded that the challengers did not demonstrate these issues had a significant impact on the vote or its outcome.
The assisted suicide legislation had been passed by Slovenia’s leftist government on 18th July, but after the State Council vetoed the bill, the National Assembly overrode the veto on 24th July. Conservative activists quickly mobilized to oppose the law, submitting the first 15, 000 of the required 40, 000 verified signatures the following day.
Campaign chief and leader of the Voice for the Children and Family party Aleš Primc told europeanconservative.com:
I am convinced that a miracle happened. In recent years, the media often published manipulative emotional stories in favor of assisted dying and polls in the final week suggested less than 30% of the public opposed it. We won the referendum with 53.46%.
