斯洛文尼亚人在周日的公投中否决了一项扩大议会调查委员会权力的法案，对民族主义总理扬扬萨的改革议程造成打击。
Slovenians rejected a bill expanding parliamentary inquiry powers in a referendum Sunday, dealing a blow to nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa.
在99%的选票计数完成后，51%的选民反对该提案，49%支持。反对派曾将其改革议程称为“专制”。
With 99 percent of votes counted, 51 percent opposed the proposal and 49 percent backed it in the binding vote. The opposition had denounced his reform agenda as "authoritarian".
斯洛文尼亚人在周日的公投中以微弱优势否决了政府法案，对民族主义总理扬扬萨的改革议程造成打击，而反对派一直将其议程称为“专制”。
Slovenians narrowly rejected a government bill in a referendum Sunday, dealing a blow to nationalist Prime Minister Janez Jansa's reform agenda, which the opposition has denounced as "authoritarian".
该提案原本是要扩大议会调查委员会的权力，但51%的选民反对，49%支持，已计票的选票占比达99%。
The proposal had been to expand the powers of parliamentary inquiry commissions, but 51 percent of voters rejected it, to 49 percent in favour, with 99 percent of the votes counted in the binding referendum.
若该法律获批，被传唤出席议会调查委员会作证的个人将被要求立即出庭，且在委员会完成工作前无权在法庭上挑战传票。
Had the proposed law been approved, individuals summoned to testify before parliamentary inquiries would have had to appear immediately, with no right to challenge the summons in court until the commission had completed its work.
反对派认为，被传唤者可能被迫透露敏感信息，政府实际上是在建立一个“政治警察”。
The opposition, arguing that those called to testify might be compelled to disclose sensitive information, said the government was effectively setting up a "political police".
媒体和分析人士曾预测投票率会很低，但初步结果显示，投票率达53.7%的合格选民，这是斯洛文尼亚有史以来公投的最高投票率。
Media and analysts had predicted a low turnout, but partial results put voter participation at 53.7 percent of eligible voters, the highest-ever turnout for a referendum in Slovenia.
扬扬萨在自由派前总理罗伯特·戈洛布未能在其党在议会选举中微弱胜利的情况下组建政府后上台。
Jansa came to power after liberal ex-prime minister Robert Golob failed to form a government despite his party's narrow victory in March parliamentary elections.
这位资深政治人物，是美国总统特朗普的崇拜者，曾承诺打造“更廉价但质量更高的国家”。
The political veteran, an admirer of US President Donald Trump, promised a "cheaper state but with better quality".
扬扬萨曾提出削减公共部门岗位和削减对权利团体的资金支持，因而遭到政治对手的批评。
Jansa has proposed cutting public-sector jobs and cutting funding for rights groups, drawing criticism from his political opponents.
在公投前夕，反对派领袖戈洛布曾警告，这个拥有两百万人口的欧盟成员国正面临“考验斯洛文尼亚民主韧性的真实考验”。
In the run-up to the vote, opposition leader Golob had warned that the two million people in the EU member country faced "a real test of how resilient Slovenian democracy is".