Even though the government-sponsored laws dealing with the public broadcaster, cabinet organisation and long-term care were upheld in the 27 November triple referendum they will not come into force as yet.  In the latest twist, they are being blocked by a group of Covid deniers.

An overwhelming majority voted in favour of the three laws, which were challenged by the opposition Democratic Party (SDS) in the .

In view of the clear results - two of the laws were endorsed by more than 60% of the vote and one by almost 57%, the National Electoral Commission decided to cut short the period to certify results. It decided not to wait for 47 days for the information on voter deaths that could have otherwise affected the required quorum of the no vote to come in from around the globe.

The time dimension is important for the long-term care act, which postpones the implementation of the long-term care law adopted by the previous government for a year, to 1 January 2024.

However, if the new law does not come into force before, the previous government's law will automatically take effect starting from 1 January 2023 despite the many shortcomings for which the incumbent government wants to delay it.

The National Electoral Commission's final report on the referendum was published in the Official Gazette on 16 December and it was to become final three days later, if it were not for an appeal.

The Informed Citizens of Slovenia, a fringe group of Covid deniers who had campaigned against one of the three laws in the referendum, appealed on procedural grounds, taking issue with how turnout is reported on election day.

Unofficially, the Supreme Court has rejected the appeal, and its decision is final but it cannot make it official until the petitioner has picked up the official mail. The group has 15 days to collect the mail and its representative Ladislav Troha said they intended to collect it "slowly".

This means it is unlikely the long-term care law, the law changing the governance of RTV Slovenija or the law that restructures government departments can take effect before the year is out.

Troha was part of the group of coronavirus deniers and anti-vaccination protesters who stormed the headquarters of the Slovenian public broadcaster in September 2021, managing to get into the news studio before the police intervened.