President Kiska vetoes act on political parties

President Andrej Kiska has vetoed an amendment to the law on political parties and sent it back to Parliament for further negotiation, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The law in question, sponsored by junior coalition Slovak National Party (SNS), sets limits on a minimum number of members for political parties that want to run in elections to the Slovak and European Parliaments, and it also bans the use of leaders' names in party names. According to the president, the amendment inappropriately and unjustifiably interferes with Slovak citizens' constitutional right to set up political parties or political movements and to associate within them. Kiska is convinced that the problems surrounding the functioning of political parties in Slovakia need to be discussed thoroughly.