Resolves YES if non-trivial new legislation will be passed in Slovakia that
a) limits the freedom of press and/or political opposition (examples include restrictions on financing, penalties for "incorrect reporting", significant changes in the publicly-owned channels etc.). The legislation needs to cause international freedom-monitoring organizations to make statements against the legislation
b) the assasination attempt at Fico is cited by the politicians proposing the legislation as (one of) the reason this legislation is necessary. It must be cited repeatedly among the reasons - a single mention in a parliament debate won't count.
The legislation must be passed into law on May 1st 2025 the latest.
Somewhat weak criteria, I will not bet.
1,000This is an organization specifically decrying a passed law called "lex assassination" https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2025/03/experts-alarmed-deterioration-fundamental-freedoms-and-civic-space-slovak
@JussiVilleHeiskanen I agree that multiple laws satisfying the criterion a) have been proposed (and AFAIK some passed). The remaining criterion for resolution is b) that the politicians proposing the law cite the assasination attempt as a justification. I haven't done a thorough review of the discussion yet (will definitely do on close at the latest), but I haven't seen this argument made by the politicians that much...
@AIBear the description says international freedom monitoring organizations. The link I provided is precisely that
I should note that "significant changes in the publicly-owned channels" are underway (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/slovakian-parliament-approves-plan-to-revamp-rtvs/ar-BB1oCkdT), although the assasination attempt seems to not be directly cited among the reasons for this change.
Some restrictions on assemblies are being proposed: (auto-translated to English: https://denikn-cz.translate.goog/minuta/1451069/?_x_tr_sl=cs&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp Original: https://denikn.cz/minuta/1451069/). Very likely not enough to resolve on its own so far.
