Revija Pravnik

5

Ustava RS vzpostavlja ustavne temelje za obvezno drugo raven lokalne samouprave v Sloveniji že od ustavnih sprememb leta 2006. Kljub temu še vedno čakamo, da to raven zakonodajalec uresniči z zakonom. Zakonodajalčeva dolgoletna opustitev izvršitve ustavne obveznosti, ki zahteva sprejem zakona o ustanovitvi pokrajin, pomeni kršitev 143. člena Ustave, ustavne pravice do lokalne samouprave iz 9. člena, načela pravne države iz 2. člena in načela delitve oblasti iz drugega odstavka 3. člena Ustave. Kot je bilo ugotovljeno v prispevku, teh kršitev Ustavno sodišče ne bo moglo niti ugotavljati niti sankcionirati zaradi narave ustavne obveznosti ustanovitve druge ravni lokalne samouprave in načela delitve oblasti, ki ga mora upoštevati pri svojem ustavnosodnem odločanju. Stanje, ko je v Ustavi zapisano, da obstajajo pokrajine, teh pa v resnici ni – ker v zakonodajnem telesu ni mogoče doseči političnega konsenza o ustanovitvenem zakonu – je za pravno državo nevzdržno. V strokovni javnosti pogosto zasledimo razprave o tem, kaj bi bilo treba spremeniti v Ustavi, pri pokrajinah pa je problem drugačen. Kljub že doseženi spremembi Ustave, ki je bila politično in strokovno v veliki večini podprta, pa ta ni zakonsko operacionalizirana, zaradi česar so v slabšem položaju vsi prebivalci Slovenije. Zakonodajalec naj se čim prej aktivira in sprejme zakon o ustanovitvi pokrajin v skladu z zahtevami Ustave in s temeljnimi načeli lokalne samouprave, tako kot izhajajo iz Evropske listine lokalne samouprave.

Despite the fact that the Constitution of the Republic of Slovenia has been establishing the constitutional foundations for a mandatory second tier of local self-government in Slovenia since the 2006 constitutional amendments, we are still waiting for legislative implementation. The prolonged legislator’s failure to comply with the constitutional obligation to enact the law about the estab- lishment of regions violates Article 143 of the Constitution, the constitutional right to local self-government under Article 9, the rule of law principle under Article 2 and the separation of powers principle enshrined in Article 3(2) of the Constitution. However, as has been established in this article, the Constitutional Court will not be able to declare or sanction these violations due to the nature of the constitutional obligation to establish the second tier of local self-government and the separation of powers principle, both of which must be considered in constitutional adjudication. The discrepancy between the Constitution’s mandate for regions and the actual absence of regions, owing to an inability to achieve political consensus in the legislature on the constitutive law, is untenable in a rule-of-law state. Debates within the professional community often focus on potential changes to the Constitution; however, the issue surrounding regions is distinct. Despite the constitutional amendment’s overwhelming support from politicians and experts, it has not been translated into law, leaving all the inhabitants of Slovenia in a worse position than if the regions existed. The legislator should act as soon as possible to enact the law establishing the regions in accordance with the requirements of the Constitu- tion and the fundamental principles of local self-government as derived from the European Charter of Local Self-Government.

Constitutional Arrangement and (Non-)establishment of Regions in Slovenia