In the 2004 national elections, he was again elected to the Slovenian parliament.
The parties on the right of centre that form the opposition in the Slovenian national parliament won this election.
It and also lost one seat in Slovenian Parliament, falling to 28.
The party failed to win any significant popular support, and remained outside of the Slovenian Parliament.
From 1944 to 1946 he was President of the Slovenian Parliament.
The Slovenian Parliament voted by a large majority for ratification.
The fact that the Slovenian parliament ratified the Treaty without one does not serve as a good model for democratic countries.
In 2013 the Slovenian parliament approved a balanced budget amendment to the constitution that will come into force in 2015.
The amendments have still to be voted and proclaimed law by the Slovenian Parliament, but political analysts see this as a formality.
In 2008, he was re-elected to the Lower House of the Slovenian Parliament.