TFL Vsebine / Revija Pravnik

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Avtor v besedilu, ki je zapis njegovega govora ob dnevu ustavnosti 16. decembra 2021 na Ustavnem sodišču Republike Slovenije v Ljubljani, pojasni, kako je prišlo do tega, da v slovenski ustavi nastopa vest. Človek kot oseba, kot nosilec svojega osebnega dostojanstva, ni podrejen niti Državi niti Cerkvi. Razen svoji vesti izvorno nismo zavezani ničemur drugemu. Šele na ravni medsebojnih odnosov oziroma odnosov s skupnostjo, formuliranih na državni ravni z usta- vo, človeka vežejo (etične) vrednote in pravne (norme). V »pisateljski ustavi« iz leta 1988 je avtor v preambulo vpisal svetost življenja, človekovo dostojanstvo, temeljne človekove pravice in državljanske svoboščine; v njej je govor tudi o svobodi in ugovoru vesti, ni pa prisege pri (svoji) vesti. Tako je (bilo) tudi v »Demosovi ustavi« marca 1990. »Podvinska ustava« iz avgust 1990 pa v svojem 100. členu že vsebuje prisego predsednika republike in z njo besedilo o vesti, ki ga je avtor uveljavil skozi soočenja z drugimi člani delovne skupine, torej: »da bom vselej delal po svoji vesti«. V veljavni Ustavi Republike Slovenije je ta prisega v 104. členu.

In the text, which is a transcript of his speech on the day of constitutionality on 16 December 2021 at the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia in Ljubljana, the author explains how it came for the conscience to appear in the Slovenian Constitution. Human as a person, as the bearer of his/her personal dignity, is not subordinate to either the State or the Church. Apart from our conscience, we are not originally committed to anything else. Only at the level of mutual relations or relations with the community, formulated at the state level by the Constitution, a person is bound by (ethical) values and legal (norms). In the 1988 “Writers’ Constitution”, the author included in the preamble the sanctity of life, human dignity, fundamental human rights and civil liberties; the text also speaks of freedom and conscientious objection, but there is no oath of conscience. This was the case in the “Demos Constitution” of March 1990. In its Article 100, the “Podvin Constitution” of August 1990 already contains the oath of the President of the Republic and with it the text on conscience, which the author established through confrontations with other members of the working group, i.e.: “I will always work according to my conscience”. In the current Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia, such oath is contained in Article 104.

What does the Constitutional Oath that I will “Act According to my Conscience” Mean?