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Slovenia is gone, and Butale has taken its place

From Delo · () Slovenian

Translated from Slovenian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Opinion Named sources Context piece
  • In a reader letter, Bojan Fekonja criticizes the planned distribution of Slovenia’s constitution to first-graders as a supposedly patriotic gesture.
  • Fekonja argues that the initiative could conceal political and financial interests linked to proposed constitutional changes.
  • He says the constitution has long been opposed by SDS and its clerical allies, who seek a so-called “constitutional majority of reason.”

“If giving first-graders a copy of the Slovenian Constitution were taken seriously, one could say: Slovenia is gone, and Butale has taken its place.” That is how reader Bojan Fekonja opens his criticism of the plan by the current education authorities to distribute the document in schools.

Fekonja acknowledges that the gesture could be understood as patriotic. The constitution can represent a social contract, he writes, a basic agreement between citizens and the state that sets the rules for shared life, limits government power and protects human rights.

Slovenia is gone, and Butale has taken its place!

· Bojan FekonjaThe reader uses the phrase to criticize the planned distribution of the constitution to first-graders.

But he argues that the symbolism may conceal political and financial interests. The constitution that the current school authorities reportedly intend to give first-graders has long been a thorn in the side of Slovenia’s largest coalition party, SDS, and its clerical allies.

According to Fekonja, SDS has pursued what it calls a “constitutional majority of reason” since the party’s founding. He says the aim is to secure deep systemic changes and constitutional amendments that cannot be adopted by an ordinary majority. The supplied text ends while continuing to discuss the party’s positions.

constitutional majority of reason

· Bojan FekonjaHe uses SDS’s stated concept to describe its pursuit of constitutional changes requiring more than a simple majority.
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Originally published by Delo in Slovenian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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