The average annual temperatures are - 2 C in January, which is the coldest month, and 21 C in July, which is on average the warmest month. Political System Slovenia's Constitution, adopted on 23 December 1991, exactly a year after the plebiscite for an independent state, provides for a parliamentary system of government. Italian and Hungarian ethnic minorities are quaranteed two seats in the National Assembly. Executive power is vested in the prime minister and the 17-member cabinet. The government must be approved by the National Assembly.
Judges exercise judicial authority, and their appointment is for life.
There are district and circuit courts, the high courts are appeals courts while the supreme court is the highest court in the judicial system. The first Slovene Ombudsman was elected in September 1994, and he reports to the National Assembly on his work. The new Constitution significantly strengthened the position of the Constitutional Court. Italians and Hungarians are considered indigenous minorities with rights protected under the Constitution. The population density is about 97 inhabitants per sq.