Electoral Stalemate and Constitutional Mechanisms for its Solution. Example of the Slovak Republic Cover Image

Povolebný pat a ústavné mechanizmy na jeho riešenie. Príklad Slovenskej republiky
Electoral Stalemate and Constitutional Mechanisms for its Solution. Example of the Slovak Republic

Author(s): Marek Domin
Subject(s): Constitutional Law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: Dissolution of Parliament; Electoral Stalemate; Shortening the Term of Office; Presidential Cabinet; Technocratic Cabinet; Vote of Confidence.

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with so-called electoral stalemate, a situation when a stable majority government cannot be crated as a consequence of results of the parliamentary elections. Attention is paid to particular constitutional and para-constitutional mechanisms to solve electoral stalemate issue that can be found in the constitutional system of the Slovak Republic. The paper is accompanied by a brief reflection de constitutione ferenda, which are also applicable in a wider context, not only in the Slovak Republic.

  • Issue Year: 28/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 139-156
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Slovak