In a referendum on Sunday, more than 62 per cent of the Slovenians who turned out to vote were in favor of a bill that restores editorial independence to the national broadcaster, Radio Television of Slovenia, RTVSLO.
The current leadership of the public media service—the largest in Slovenia—was appointed by the former right-wing government of Janez Janša.
The current ruling centre-left coalition, which won the legislative elections in Slovenia in April, adopted a law on the reform of RTVSLO shortly after taking power. It aims to depoliticize the broadcaster by putting civil society in charge off key appointments.
Janša’s Slovenian Democratic Party, SDS, then sought a referendum as the last attempt to prevent adoption of this law, but the results of the referendum did not meet their expectations.
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