“Referendums concerned key aspects of labor law”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to DPA, according to preliminary data of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, only 29% of voters voted on Monday at 3:00 pm on Monday at 3:00 pm – much less than 50% needed to recognize referendums.
The referendums concerned the key aspects of labor legislation: strengthening protection against dismissal, increasing severance pay, cancellation of fixed -term employment contracts and strengthening the liability of employers in the event of industrial injuries. A separate issue concerned immigration policy – it was proposed to grant citizenship to natives of non -EU countries after five years of residence in the country instead of the current ten.
Despite the fact that most of those who voted have expressed support for the proposed measures, the results of the referendums will not be recognized as valid.
Voting was held within two days, but in the evening Sunday it became clear that referendums were unlikely to happen: at that time, the turnout was only 22%.
This is not the first time that such voting in Italy breaks for the same reason – from 78 referendums held since World War II, many have been declared invalid because of low turnout.
The initiators of this year’s vote were unions and left opposition forces. The ruling centering coalition, led by Prime Minister George Meloni, called on her supporters to boycott the vote. Meloni herself came to the polling station, but did not drop the ballot.