Council of the President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia explained

Council of the President of the National Assembly is an advisory body to the President of Slovenia.

The Council consists of the President and Vice-Presidents of the National Assembly, leaders of political groups and deputies of national minorities.

Secretary General, Head of Legislative and Legal Service, presidents of working bodies, government representatives, professionals of the National Assembly and other participants can also join the meetings.

Responsibilities

The Council decides on:

• the proposal for the adoption of the bill by urgent procedure, unless the Prime Minister attaches question of confidence to the adoption of the law,
• the proposal for the consideration of the draft law in summary procedure,
• the proposal to hold a preliminary discussion of the law,
• the duration of the session of the National Assembly and during the discussion of individual items on the agenda and determining the duration of deputies or deputy groups and other meeting participants,
• the number of positions in the working body, which belongs to each parliamentary group, and which deputy group to preside over the working body,
• the composition of the National Assembly delegations in international parliamentary institutions and international organizations and international bodies,
• other matters.^[1]

The President of the National Assembly convenes a meeting of the Council to consult the convening of meetings and proposals on the agenda of meetings of the National Assembly, on other matters related to the work of the National Assembly and its working bodies, the conditions for the formation of new political groups, on the conditions for the work of parliamentary groups and on other matters.

Decision-Making

The meeting of the college shall have a quorum if it is attended by the heads of deputy groups whose members represent more than half of all deputies in the National Assembly. If also the re-convening quorum is not present and it is a matter of urgency, decisions within the competence of the college receives President of the National Assembly.

In cases where the Council decides, its decisions are adopted if the proposal is supported by the leaders of deputy groups whose members represent more than half of all deputies in the National Assembly.

Current members in the 8th National Assembly

Members of the Council in 8th National Assembly are:

Member	Function	Voting right	Votes
Dejan Židan	President of the National Assembly	NO
Tina Heferle	Vice-President of the National Assembly	NO
Jože Tanko	Vice-President of the National Assembly	NO
Branko Simonovič	Vice-President of the National Assembly	NO
Danijel Krivec	Leader of the Group of Slovenian Democratic Party	YES	25
Brane Golubović	Leader of the Group of List of Marjan Šarec	YES	13
Matjaž Han	Leader of the Group of Social Democrats	YES	10
Igor Zorčič	Leader of the Group of Modern Centre Party	YES	10
Matej Tašner Vatovec	Leader of the Group of The Left	YES	9
Jožef Horváth	Leader of the Group of New Slovenia - Christian Democrats	YES	7
Marko Bandelli	Leader of the Group of Party of Alenka Bratušek	YES	5
Franc Jurša	Leader of the Group of Democratic Party of Pensioners of Slovenia	YES	5
Zmago Jelinčič Plemeniti	Leader of the Group of Slovenian National Party	YES	4
Felice Žiža	Leader of the Group of Italian in Hungarian National Minority	YES	2
Ferenc Horváth	Deputy Leader of the Group of Italian in Hungarian National Minority	NO

Other present

!Name!Position

Uršula Zore Tavčar	Secretary-General
Jerneja Bergoč	Deputy Secretary-General
Nataša Voršič	Head of Legal Service
Stojan Tramte	Secretary-General of the Government
Chairmen of the working bodies of the NA
NA Staff

Notes and References

1. Web site: Poslovnik državnega zbora. pisrs. 2018-06-24.