Coalition Loses Arts Referendum

According to Marinko Banjac, the referendum result shows that the SDS is able to mobilize its voters at any time, but that the majority did not accept the use of the referendum for the pre-election campaign. The issue of boycott will resonate on the center-left for a long time, according to Tanja Starič.

Voters rejected the law on pension supplements for exceptional achievements in the field of art in a referendum on Sunday. More than 92 percent of all voters who went to the polls voted against the law, and the opponents also managed to achieve a rejection quorum. This time, however, the referendum, like most legislative referendums in the history of Slovenia, was also marked by low voter turnout. Only a quarter of voters took part, which was al…

More than 92 percent of voters voted against the law, but opponents managed to reach a quorum to reject it.

Political analysts Andraž Zorko and Aljaž Pengov Bitenc agree that the SDS showed its muscles in the referendum, but that the defeat of the law on the supplement to the pensions of cultural workers, which was rejected by more than 403 thousand voters, will not have major political consequences. Pengov Bitenc considers the call to boycott the referendum a big mistake by the coalition, because in his opinion, active citizenship is a value that is …

Voters rejected the law on pension supplements for exceptional achievements in the field of art in a referendum. More than 92 percent, or more than 400,000 voters, voted against the law, thus achieving the rejection quorum. For SDS leader Janez Janša, the outcome is a victory for reason, while Prime Minister Robert Golob highlighted only a quarter of the voter turnout.

It is a very symbolic victory for the opposition. The new law on complementary pensions for award-winning artists was invalidated by referendum. This election reveals the country's very strong polarization, one year from the next parliamentary elections. Decryption. Articles / Balkans Courier, Slovenia, Politics, Society, One - Slideshow, One - Slideshow - First