Disabled excluded from EU vote, procedure against Slovenia
Media, almost 2,000 persons removed from electoral lists
23 May, 19:20The Maribor-based newspaper wrote that almost 2,000 persons with intellectual disability have been removed from the electoral rolls, in direct violation also of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, ratified by Slovenia.
The direct commitment of Vlasta Nussdorfer, a former Ombudsperson, currently advisor of President Borut Pahor, brought no results, as there is no time to regulate the situation before the European elections. (ANSA).