Bratislava: The Government of Slovakia has introduced ‘Electronic Parliament', which will provide the facility to submit all bills electronically and reduce use of paper in the National Council.<!--more-->

The new initiative, which is the brainchild of the Slovak National Council Chairman Pavol Paška, will be in place by the September session of the National Council, reports ePractice.

After the implementation of the new system, the National Council will be provided with materials in electronic form, with only 10 to 15 paper printouts produced.

The government is expecting savings up to 90 per cent with the new system coming into force and further informed that the agenda for sittings of the council will also be sent out electronically.

The new system will save the present process of delivering a bill to the Parliament in 250 printouts and would also save the numbers of paper printed for joint reports and amendments to the bills.
—iGovernment Bureau