[Opinion] Confirmed: Slovenians Will Decide on Voluntary Ending of Life in a Referendum

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Aleš Primac managed to collect enough signatures.

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The initiators of the referendum on the law on assisted voluntary ending of life have collected enough signatures to call a referendum. "We are pleased to announce that more than 43,850 signatures have been submitted," the leader of the initiative, Aleš Primc, wrote in a press statement.

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The initiators of the legislative referendum on assisted suicide, who collected a sufficient number of signatures, ignored the majority that had already expressed its will on this matter in a consultative referendum, Svoboda believes. "But this is democracy," said MP Tereza Novak. She also called for renewed support for the introduction of this right.

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"The collection of signatures is still ongoing," said the leader of the opposition, Aleš Primc, in a statement to the media, regarding the currently collected 43,850 signatures for the referendum on the law on assisted voluntary termination of life. The official number of signatures collected will be known on Tuesday. Let us recall that in June last year, 54.89 percent of voters already supported the law in a consultative referendum. Prime Minis…