(4) lf a request or initiative for constitutional review of an act from the second paragraph of this Article has been filed, the lawsuit shall be considered as having been filed within the prescribed period if it was lodged within 30 days of the serving of the constitutional court decision, in which the court declares that it does not have jurisdiction.

The proceedings in the court may be continued after the Constitutional Court has issued its decision.

The legal consequences of Constitutional Court decisions shall be regulated by law.

(4) lf a request or initiative to test the constitutionality of an act from the second paragraph of this Article has been filed, the lawsuit shall be considered as having been filed within the prescribed period if it was lodged within 30 days of the serving of the constitutional court decision, in which the court declares that it does not have jurisdiction.

the wording ` or indefinite` in Article 27 of the Institutes Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia/l Nos 12/91 and 17/91 - ZUDE and Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, Nos55/92 - ZVDK, 13/93, 66/93, 45/94 - Constitutional Court Decision, 8/96, 31/00 - ZP-L and 36/00 - ZPDZC),

10/91, 13/93, 66/93, 35/97, 73/97 - decision by the Constitutional Court, 87/97, 73/98, 31/2000 and 24/2001),

An appeal may be made before the Constitutional Court, in accordance with the law, against a decision of the National Assembly.

Uradni list RS, Nos. 10/91, 13/93, 66/93, 35/97, 73/97 - decision by the Constitutional Court, 87/97, 73/98, 31/2000 and 24/2001) shall continue their work as misdemeanour authorities.

Under conditions provided by law, the Constitutional Court may, up until a final decision, suspend in whole or in part the implementation of an act whose constitutionality or legality is being reviewed.

Upon receiving a resolution on impeachment from the National Assembly, the Constitutional Court may decide that pending a decision on impeachment the President of the Republic may not perform his office.

Municipalities are financed by income from taxes and other contributions, as provided by the Law on Local Self-Government (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 72/93, No. 6/94 - judicial decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, No. U-l-13/94-65, No. 45/94 - judicial decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, No. U-l-144/94-18 and the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 57/94), and by income from taxes, duties, fees and other dues in accordance with special laws.

Provisions of the Law on Financing of Public Consumption (the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, nos. 48/90, 34/91-l, 30/92, 52/92 - judicial decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, No. U-l-55/92-17, the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, nos. 7/93, 43/93 - judicial decisions of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Slovenia, No. U-l-22/93-10), which refer to municipalities and the Decree on the Allocation of Income Between Municipalities and the Republic (the Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No. 34/91-l) shall cease to apply on 31 December 1994.

The journalist filed a suit against this decision and lost, but he lodged a constitutional complaint with the Constitutional Court.

In accordance with the decision of the Constitutional Court, the right of reply exercised by an individual to protect public interests is, in the current Constitution, the only substitute for the former constitutional right that guaranteed the publication of 'opinions of public importance'; therefore 'it would be even more important for this right to be dealt with adequately by legislation, in harmony with constitutional provisions'.

(2) The Institute shall be governed by the provisions of the Institutes' Act (Official Gazette RS, nos. 12/91, 8/96, and 36/00 - Decision of the Constitutional Court - hereinafter referred to as " ZZ "), unless otherwise provided for in this Act.

The Constitutional Court decided, however, that the decision of the court was in harmony with both the Law on Public Information and the Constitution, since this law, although older than the Constitution, was in perfect harmony with it, in contrast to the Public Media Act (of a later date) which was not!

As regards these issues, Slovenia could take as an example foreign court decisions which have ruled that the constitutional right of freedom of expression and indiscriminate treatment demands that statecontrolled media also publish state bodies' replies to criticism of their conduct or other controversial issues.

The paradoxical dimension of this event arises above all from the journalist's claim that his constitutional right of reply was violated because the court's decision was based on the then valid Law on Public Information, but this law (being older than the Constitution) was allegedly in conflict with the current Constitution (i.e. Article 40 defining the right of correction and right of reply).

2 On the web conference the visitors could give their opinion about the following questions: What, in your opinion, should Bajuk's government accomplish before the end of its mandate? What do you think about the support that the group of MPs of SLS+SKD-The Slovenian People's Party, under the leadership of Dr. Franc Zagožen, gave to the constitutional changes through which the proportional system entered the Constitution despite the result of the referendum and the decision of the Constitutional Court which speak in favor of the two-round voting system? Do you support the proposal of the government of RS to reduce the number of ministerial sectors? Do you approve of the publishing of the names of all who did not pay tax? What do you think about the fact that Milan Kučan and Jorg Haider declared that the AVNOJ resolutions were political issue?