Saturday’s referendum on Slovakia initiated by the Alliance for a family is likely to be declared null and void due to poor attendance. The organizers wanted to citizens spoke out on gay marriage and adoption by the children. Led to the vote, although the Slovak law does not provide such solutions, and there is no indication that this situation will have to change in the near future.
According to preliminary results, given in the night from Saturday to Sunday by the Electoral Commission, the referendum was attended by 21.4 per cent. entitled to vote.
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Slovaks answered three questions about marriages between persons of the same sex, the adoption of children by couples or a group of persons of the same sex and the right of parents to refuse to send their children to class teaching sex education or euthanasia.
94.5 percent. of them voted against gay marriage, 92.4 percent. against the adoption of children by couples or a group of persons of the same sex, and 90.3 per cent. for the right of parents to refuse to send their children to class teaching sex education or euthanasia.
To recognize the referendum as important, however, was required turnout of at least 50 percent.
“Protecting the Slovak family”
In the summer of last year, the Alliance for the family was able to gather in a short time 400 thousand. signatures for the proposal to hold a referendum. According to NATO spokesman Anton Chromika ‘this referendum is to protect families and children. “
Human rights groups have criticized the plebiscite as discriminatory. As noted by AFP, a referendum is unnecessary as the Slovak law does not permit the conclusion by same-sex married couples or partnerships. Nor is it clear that the assumption of the organizers would be its effect should it be important.
Last year, a leftist party Smer-Social Democracy (Smer-SD), Prime Minister Robert Fico has introduced an amendment to the Constitution, which states that marriage is the union of man and woman.
Author: kg // RZW / PAP
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