When is the recall put to the vote?

Slovakia

Slovakia

Answer
Within a certain time limit
Source

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? zastupiteľstvo vyhl?simiestne referendum, ak ide o

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

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

c)      pet?ciu skupiny obyvateľov obceaspoň 30% opr?vnen?ch voličov,

d)     zmenu označenia obce.

(3) Pet?ciu podľa odseku 1 p?sm.c) overuj? aspoň traja poslanci určen? obecn?m zastupiteľstvom, ktor? nem?žu byťčlenmi petičn?ho v?boru, a starosta; starosta neoveruje pet?ciu podan? podľa ?13a ods. 3 p?sm. a) prv?ho bodu. Ak pet?cia spĺňa n?ležitosti ustanoven? osobitn?m z?konom 2a) a ak ideo rozdelenie obce, aj n?ležitosti podľa odseku 2, obecn? zastupiteľstvo vyhl?simiestne referendum tak, aby sa uskutočnilo do 90 dn? od doručenia pet?cie obci;to plat? aj v pr?pade pet?cie podľa ? 13a ods. 3 p?sm. a) prv?ho bodu.

 

Article 13a

(1) Mand?t starostu zanik?

f) vyhl?sen?m v?sledku miestnehoreferenda o odvolan? starostu, ktor?m sa rozhodlo o odvolan? starostu,

 

(3) Obecn? zastupiteľstvo

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

1. o to pet?ciou požiada aspoň 30% opr?vnen?ch voličov,

Comment

For the recall of the President, the recall vote should be held within 60 days of the declaration of the recall. For sub-national recall, the vote must be held within 90 days of the receipt of a successful request for a recall.

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