Brglez made the announcement on Friday after having examined the recent ruling by the Constitutional Court that endorsed his decision not to admit referendum initiatives by workers commuting to work to Austria.

The workers presented signatures in favour of multiple referenda on miscellaneous pieces of legislation as a leverage to pressure the government in a tax dispute.

Since the current legislative solution makes it possible to abuse the right to referendum, Brglez decided to put forward changes himself.

His proposal is that the petitioners would need to collect 2,500 verified signatures to initiate referendum proceedings. At present unverified signatures suffice, which Brglez said left scope for manipulation.

Once the referendum initiative is admitted, the initiators are given a time frame in which they need to collect 40,000 voter signatures to demand a referendum, which need to be verified under current rules.

Brglez proposes that the 2,500 verified signatures needed at the first stage would then also count to the 40,000 needed in the second phase for a referendum to be called.

A proposal to change referendum legislation would require a two-thirds majority at the National Assembly to pass. The most recent attempt to change the terms for the start of referendum proceedings failed at the committee level in April.

Brglez thanked the Constitutional Court for an "in-depth" decision and for setting clear standards as to when the speaker needs to react to prevent abuse of referendum.

The Court said that every state authority mandated by law to decide on a right must be alert to the possibility of abuse, which Brglez surmised also pertained to parliament in a continuation of procedure when referendum deadlines are set.

He also interpreted the Constitutional Court ruling as showing that neither the right to referendum nor the freedom of expression were absolute rights.

This is why Brglez said he was looking forward to a decision taken in the matter by the European Court of Human Rights, which the migrant workers announced they would appeal to.