Slovak National Party Proposes Extending Local Government Terms to Five Years

The Slovak National Party (SNS) announced it will submit a proposal to extend the electoral term for local governments from four to five years. Party chairman Andrej Danko revealed the initiative, which the party has previously advocated for in the past. The announcement comes as discussions also addressed candidacies for this year's municipal and regional elections scheduled to take place across Slovakia. SNS is a nationalist party that has been part of various government coalitions in Slovakia's recent political history. Local governments in Slovakia currently serve four-year terms, with mayors and regional governors elected directly by voters. The proposed change would align local government terms with those of the national parliament, which serves a four-year mandate, though the specific reasoning behind the five-year proposal was not detailed in the announcement.