By: L.K.F., STA
According to STA, the National Assembly (NA) yesterday overwhelmingly supported the declaration on the current situation in Ukraine, in which it condemned Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and Russia’s recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces. With the declaration, it also supported sanctions against Russia and Belarus and Ukraine’s European perspective.
67 of the 74 MPs present voted in favour of the declaration, which was submitted to the parliamentary procedure by MPs of all parliamentary groups with the exception of the SNS. No one voted against.
With a declaration, the National Assembly condemns Russia’s aggression against Ukraine as “the worst violation of international law”. It also condemns Russia’s recognition of the Luhansk and Donetsk provinces as independent republics. In addition, it expresses solidarity with the Ukrainian people, who have the sole right to decide on their future, supports humanitarianism and calls for peace efforts.
At the same time, MEPs support the international sanctions adopted so far against Russia and Belarus. They also support Ukraine’s European perspective and its application for membership of the European Union, as well as the adoption of a clear plan guaranteeing membership until 2030, provided that the conditions are met.
The Slovenian Government is urged by the National Assembly to continue humanitarian aid to Ukraine and to support activities in the international community to establish talks between the Ukrainian and Russian sides. On behalf of the government, Foreign Minister Anže Logar also expressed support for the declaration.
The MPs authorised President Igor Zorčič, who also submitted the draft declaration, to inform President Borut Pahor, Prime Minister Janez Janša, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, European Council President Charles Michel, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
At the beginning of the extraordinary session, which was also attended by the Ukrainian Ambassador Mikhail Brodovich, the MPs took a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the Russian aggression against Ukraine.
How MPs voted on the declaration
The declaration on the current situation in Ukraine was supported by 67 MPs from the government SDS, Konkretno and NSi, as well as the opposition LMŠ, SD, SAB, DeSUS and unaffiliated MPs. MPs from the Levica, SNS and national communities abstained or were not present in the hall.
STA published a tabular presentation of the vote on the declaration on the current situation in Ukraine:
Voting of MPs
SDS
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BAH ŽIBERT ANJA For
BREZNIK FRANC For
BRINOVŠEK NADA Absent
DOBLEKAR BORIS For
FERJAN JURE For
FURMAN KARMEN For
GRIMS BRANKO For
IRGL EVA For
IVANUŠA LIDIJA For
JERAJ ALENKA For
KALOH DEJAN For
KEPA FRANCI For
KOZMUS FERJAN KARMEN For
KRIVEC DANIJEL For
LENART JOŽEF For
LEP ŠIMENKO SUZANA Absent
LISEC TOMAŽ For
MERJASEC LEON For
MOŠKRIČ JANEZ For
PODKRAJŠEK BOJAN For
POGAČNIK MARKO For
POJBIČ MARIJAN For
ROSEC FRANC For
ŠKRINJAR MOJCA For
TANKO JOŽE For
ZAVADLAV UŠAJ ELENA For
LMŠ
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DIVJAK MIRNIK LIDIJA For
GOLUBOVIĆ BRANE Absent
HEFERLE TINA For
KORČE JERCA For
KOVAČIČ ALJAŽ For
LENART JOŽE For
MEDVED RUDI For
MÖDERNDORFER JANI For
PAULIČ EDVARD Absent
PAVŠIČ ROBERT Absent
PEČEK IGOR For
PREBIL NIK For
ŠAREC MARJAN For
ZABRET ANDREJA Absent
SD
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BAKOVIĆ PREDRAG For
BEVK SAMO For
CIGLER ŽELJKO For
HAN MATJAŽ For
HOT MEIRA For
KNEŽAK SONIBOJ For
KOPRIVC MARKO For
MURŠIČ BOJANA For
NEMEC MATJAŽ For
PREDNIK JANI For
TRČEK FRANC For
ŽIDAN DEJAN For
ŽIDAN GREGOR For
Levica
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KORAŽIJA BOŠTJAN Abstained
KORDIŠ MIHA Absent
MESEC LUKA Absent
SITER PRIMOŽ Abstained
SUKIČ NATAŠA Abstained
- VATOVEC MATEJ Abstained
TOMIĆ VIOLETA Abstained
NSi
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ČERNIGOJ ANDREJ For
DIMIC IVA For
HORVAT JOŽEF For
PAVLIN BLAŽ For
PREVC MIHAEL For
REBERŠEK ALEKSANDER For
ŠUŠTAR ZALAR TADEJA For
SAB
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BANDELLI MARKO For
BRATUŠEK ALENKA Absent
KOCIPER MAŠA For
RAJH ANDREJ For
RAJIĆ BRANISLAV Absent
STAROVIĆ VOJKO For
DeSUS
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HRŠAK IVAN For
JURŠA FRANC Absent
POLNAR ROBERT Absent
SIMONOVIČ BRANKO For
Konkretno
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GREGORČIČ MONIKA For
PERIČ GREGOR For
VERBIČ DUŠAN Absent
ŽNIDARIČ MOJCA For
NP
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LEP JURIJ For
SLUGA JANJA For
ZORČIČ IGOR For
SNS
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IVANUŠA JANI Abstained
JELINČIČ PLEMENITI ZMAGO Absent
ŠIŠKO DUŠAN Abstained
National communities
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HORVÁTH FERENC Absent
ŽIŽA FELICE Absent
unaffiliated MP
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UDOVČ MATEJA For
Another interesting tweet on this topic:
That @sukic_natasa and @PRSiter have removed their signatures for a declaration on Ukraine where Russians kill children is at Epstein’s level. Shame on @stankalevica