Vyše 40 popredných slovenských právnych expertov – medzi nimi tiež piati bývalí sudcovia Ústavného súdu SR, jeden bývalý sudca Súdneho dvora EÚ, dve bývalé verejné ochrankyne práv, ústavní právnici aj predstavitelia akadémie – dôrazne varuje pred navrhovanými zmenami Ústavy SR.
Autori v odbornom stanovisku diskutujú a vyvracajú argumenty predkladateľov novely, podľa ktorých:
- nejde o blokovanie práv, ale o potrebu rešpektu EÚ k rozmanitosti členských štátov,
- zavedenie pojmu “národnej identity” do ústavy je v poriadku, odvolávajúc sa na príklady Poľska, Česka a Nemecka,
- obmedzenie práv nehrozí, keďže obsah pojmu “národna identita” bude interpretovať slovenský Ústavný súd a týmto spôsobom sa Slovensko vymedzí voči európskemu právu, čím vyšleme politický signál
ENGLISH VERSION
More than 40 leading Slovak legal experts – including five former judges of the Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic, one former judge of the Court of Justice of the European Union, two former public defenders of rights (ombudspersons), constitutional lawyers, and representatives of academia – are strongly warning against the proposed amendments to the Constitution of the Slovak Republic.
In their expert opinion, the authors discuss and refute the arguments of the amendment’s proponents, which claim that:
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this amendment is not about restricting rights, but rather about the need for the EU to respect the diversity of its member states,
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the introduction of the term “national identity” into the constitution is acceptable, citing examples from Poland, the Czech Republic, and Germany,
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there is no threat to rights, as the content of the term “national identity” will be interpreted by the Slovak Constitutional Court, thereby enabling Slovakia to distinguish itself from European law and send a political signal.
The experts pointed out that similar constitutional changes – even with less intensity and vagueness than those proposed in the Slovak Constitution – were adopted in Hungary in 2018 and in Russia in 2015. The Hungarian amendment was later misused to launch attacks against civil society.