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SDL: Social Rights Haven't Been Met, We'll Appeal to Constitutional Court
Tuesday 30 March 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, March 30 (TASR) - The Party of the Democratic Left (SDL) is convinced that the part of the Slovak Constitution dealing with social rights has never been met in Slovakia, said SDL chairman Marek Blaha at a press conference on Tuesday.
"We boast about the label of a social state. But we (SDL) view these statements as the biggest of lies, which the people of this country have had to listen to for 18 years," said Blaha, adding that governments haven't followed the principle of a dignified and fair life for Slovak people.
"SDL will initiate a complaint at the Constitutional Court in the next few days or weeks. We expect it to confirm that social rights aren't respected in various spheres. The state, for example, has to take full responsibility for employment, by setting up municipal or state enterprises, for example," said Blaha.
According to him, respect for the constitutional social rights of the Slovak people is the key point of SDL's election programme. Recent opinion polls report SDL's support at around 1 percent.
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