Text file: 8143.txt
author: "SOS - Socialno ogro\u017Eeni Slovenije"
downvotes: 15
end consideration date: 2017-03-08
id: '8143'
number comments: 19
number views: 3199
proposal type: Competent authority response
response: "Response from the Ministry of Public Administration\nGiven that electoral\
  \ bodies are regulated by the basic electoral law, the Law on Elections to the National\
  \ Assembly (Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 109/06 - Official\
  \ Consolidated Text and 54/07 - Decree of the US; hereinafter referred to as the\
  \ \"ZVDZ\"), we, as the line ministry responsible for the systemic organisation\
  \ and functioning of electoral legislation, provide below our clarification on your\
  \ proposal in terms of the current legislation and the suitability of the proposal\
  \ for further consideration.\nArticle 26 of the ZVDZ stipulates that office in an\
  \ electoral body shall be honorary. Members of electoral bodies must perform their\
  \ duties conscientiously, responsibly and must act only on the basis of laws and\
  \ regulations, independently of any other instructions. Members of electoral management\
  \ bodies shall be entitled to appropriate compensation for their service on the\
  \ electoral management body. The amount of the allowances or reimbursement of expenses\
  \ of members of electoral management bodies, secretaries and other persons performing\
  \ electoral duties shall be determined by the National Electoral Commission in agreement\
  \ with the Ministry responsible for finance. This remuneration is, by its very nature,\
  \ compensation for the time invested in participating in the electoral body and\
  \ a reward for the responsibility they assume, in accordance with the Constitution\
  \ and the law, for the lawful conduct of the elections. In view of the above-mentioned\
  \ legal wording, your proposal would require an amendment to the law. Under the\
  \ current legislation, all members of the electoral management bodies and the secretary\
  \ are entitled to compensation. The electoral bodies include the electoral commissions,\
  \ which are appointed for four years, and the electoral committees, which are appointed\
  \ for each election.\nThe proposal pursues the objective of greater social inclusion\
  \ of the unemployed, which is usually pursued in the context of social or labour\
  \ legislation and is, to a certain extent, entirely legitimate.  We believe that,\
  \ in the case of the appointment of the members of the electoral committees, this\
  \ objective could also be achieved by some kind of recommendation to the political\
  \ parties to appoint unemployed persons as members of the electoral committees.\
  \ At the same time, we do not consider that the proposal is suitable for further\
  \ consideration insofar as it requires a change in the electoral legislation. The\
  \ work of electoral bodies must, first and foremost, be carried out with professionalism,\
  \ independence and autonomy, and, from the point of view of the proportional representation\
  \ of political parties, with some form of control within the electoral bodies themselves.\
  \ The legal privileging of socially deprived and unemployed persons in the right\
  \ to compensation for their work on the electoral committee would lead to discrimination\
  \ between the members of the electoral bodies, which in turn could lead to disparities\
  \ in the work of the electoral bodies, the latter being fundamental to the professional\
  \ and independent functioning of the electoral body.\n "
response date: 2017-04-18
response due date: null
sent date: 2017-02-07
title: Unemployed people at social risk on electoral committees
upvotes: 26
url: https://predlagam.vladi.si/predlog/8143
