2008 Latvian pensions law referendum

none Are you in favor of the legislative project to amend the National Pensions Act? Latvia 23 August 2008 333,799 12,524 859 1,516,097 Proposal failed due to low voter turnout A referendum on amendments in the pensions law was held in Latvia on 23 August 2008.http://www.iii.co.uk/news/?type=afxnews&articleid=6817152&subject=general&action=article Interactive investor – the UK's number one flat-fee investment platform It failed due to low turnout, as 453,730 votes (half of the votes cast in the previous parliamentary election) would have been necessary to make it valid.http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/227677,latvian-populist-referendum-on-pensions-fails-to-gain-quorum.html Earth Times: Show/227677,latvian-populist-referendum-on-pensions-fails-to-gain-quorum.HTML 2008-08-24 2012-12-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20121211192939/http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/227677,latvian-populist-referendum-on-pensions-fails-to-gain-quorum.html dead If it had succeeded, minimum pensions would have been tied (until the end of 2009) to the government-set subsistence benefit level with a higher coefficient than earlier, in effect tripling the minimum pension from 50 lati to at least 135 lati. The referendum was strongly supported by an organisation called Society for Different Politics, which aimed to become a political party.http://news.trendaz.com/index.shtml?show=news&newsid=1276862&lang=ENMay 2020 InternetArchiveBot yes Results Latvian pensions law referendum, 2008 333799 12524 1516097 794 50.00 CVK, C2D References External links The amendment voted onlv Category:2008 in Latvia Latvia Category:Referendums in Latvia Category:Retirement in Latvia Category:Pension referendums Category:August 2008 in Europe