National Council Speaker Richard Raši of Hlas-SD called the unsuccessful referendum initiated by Demokrati a costly failure and manipulation of voters. On Sunday's ta3 program V politike, he declared that Demokrati chairman Jaroslav Naď should either apologize to the public or leave politics. SITA ↗
Raši considers the referendum's outcome a defeat for Demokrati and their supporters. He also announced that in September he will propose a constitutional amendment that would allow the parliamentary term — and thus the government's term — to be shortened by referendum. According to him, such an adjustment should systematically resolve an issue that keeps returning to political debate. SITA ↗
Ivan Štefunko, deputy chairman of the opposition Progresívne Slovensko, admitted that the referendum was not successful, but stressed the significance of the hundreds of thousands of signatures collected and the broader systemic questions involved. In the discussion, he also criticized the actions of President Peter Pellegrini. The program also addressed Slovakia's position ahead of next week's NATO summit, with Raši saying he does not expect disagreements between President Pellegrini and Prime Minister Robert Fico. ta3.com ↗
The debate showed that the referendum's outcome will become another point of contention between the coalition and the opposition. While Raši interprets it as a political failure of its initiators, Štefunko points to the civic support behind the demands and the need to address the rules for the future. hnonline.sk ↗
Raši called the referendum a fiasco, Štefunko speaks of a failure
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„Ja kľudne rátam s tým, že budú v januári voľby."
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„Pán Žilinka by mal z funkcie odstúpiť pre zlyhania a nespôsobilosť plniť úlohy generálneho prokurátora. A zotrvávaním vo svojej funkcii bude vytvárať podmienky na prípravu a schválenie rozsiahlej reformy rezortu prokuratúry."
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„Dnes by bolo odo mňa nezodpovedné, aby som voličom odkazoval, koho majú alebo nemajú voliť."
Odpoveď na otázku, či by po voľbách vymenoval vládu, v ktorej by bola aj Republika.
Robert Fico
Predseda vlády Slovenskej republiky
05.09.2026
„Rozpočet je však spoločnou zodpovednosťou Smeru, Hlasu, SNS a skupiny nezávislých poslancov okolo ministra Huliaka."
Video na sociálnej sieti o zodpovednosti koalície za štátny rozpočet na rok 2027.
Robert Fico
Predseda vlády SR
29.08.2026
„Rusko nemožno démonizovať a vytláčať ho z Európy."
Premiér na centrálnych oslavách 82. výročia Slovenského národného povstania v Banskej Bystrici, kde v prejave kritizoval aj opozíciu, novinárov a Európsku úniu.
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Sources (5)
Raši pripúšťa pre referendum zmenu ústavy. Štefunko bojuje za klímy pre pacientov
Standard.sk
| 14:55 05.07.
Raši považuje výsledok referenda za prehru Demokratov a ich podporovateľov. Mali by sa ospravedlniť, odkazuje
hnonline.sk
| 14:01 05.07.
Naď by sa mal po neúspešnom referende ospravedlniť alebo odísť z politiky, vyhlásil Raši
SITA
| 12:32 05.07.
Raši označil referendum za fiasko a žiada odchod Naďa z politiky. Štefunko kritizuje postup prezidenta Pellegriniho
ta3.com
| 12:32 05.07.
Raši hovorí o fiasku, Štefunko priznáva neúspech
ekonomika.pravda.sk
| 14:03 05.07.
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