Legal provisions for recall at national level

Constitution

Article 106

(1) ThePresident may be recalled from his post before the end of his term of office bya plebiscite. A plebiscite on the recall of a President shall be declared bythe President of the National Council of the Slovak Republic on the basis of aresolution of the National Council of the Slovak Republic adopted by at least athree-fifths majority of all Members of Parliament within 30 days of theadoption of a resolution so that the plebiscite shall be held within 60 days ofits declaration.

(2) ThePresident shall be recalled if an absolute majority of all legitimate votersvotes for his or her recall in a plebiscite.

(3) If thePresident was not recalled in a plebiscite, the President shall dissolve theNational Council of the Slovak Republic within 30 days of the announcement ofthe results of the plebiscite. In such a case, a new presidential electoralterm shall begin. The President of the National Council of the Slovak Republicshall announce elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic withinseven days of its dissolution.

(4) Furtherdetails on the recall of President shall be laid down by a law.

LAW ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(Adopted 1990; last amended 2011)

http://?www.?minv.?sk/??zakon-?snr-?c-?369-?1990-?zb-?o-?obecnom-?zriadeni

Article 11a

(1) Obecn? zastupite?stvo vyhl?simiestne referendum, ak ide o

a)     zl??enie obc?, rozdelenie alebo zrušenie obce, ako aj zmenu n?zvu obce,

b)     odvolanie starostu ( ? 13a ods.3),

c)      pet?ciu skupiny obyvate?ov obceaspo? 30% opr?vnen?ch voli?ov,

d)     zmenu ozna?enia obce.

Article 13a

(1) Mand?t starostu zanik?

f) vyhl?sen?m v?sledku miestneho referenda o odvolan? starostu, ktor?m sarozhodlo o odvolan? starostu,

(3) Obecn? zastupite?stvo

a) vyhl?si miestneho referenda oodvolan? starostu, ak

1. o to pet?ciou požiada aspo? 30% opr?vnen?ch voli?ov,

2. hrubo alebo opakovanezanedb?va povinnosti starostu, porušuje ?stavu Slovenskej republiky, ?stavn?z?kony, z?kony a ostatn? všeobecne z?v?zn? pr?vne predpisy,

b) m?že vyhl?si? miestnehoreferenda o odvolan? starostu, ak nepr?tomnos? alebo nesp?sobilos? starostu nav?kon funkcie trv? dlhšie ako šes? mesiacov.

Recall also exists at the sub-national level.