Current Affairs Elections in doubt after shock Constitutional Court announcement

02-09-2009 17:33 | Rob Cameron

Political leaders have vowed to do everything possible to allow early elections to be held in October, after the Constitutional Court shocked the country by announcing they would be delayed. The court said it needed time to examine a complaint from a disgruntled MP – Miloš Melčák - who claimed his constitutional right to serve out his mandate in full had been curtailed by the shortened electoral term. Before the Court has ruled, it said, there can be no vote.

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