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Referendums in Slovenia: inquiry law rejected

(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 12 OTT - According to Slovenian news agency STA, the near-complete results of Slovenia's four referendums indicate a mixed outcome for the centre-right government. According to data from the National Electoral Commission (DVK), the AGAINST camp received 51.26% of the vote in the only binding vote on amendments to the parliamentary inquiry law, compared to 48.74% FOR, with 99.97% of ballots counted. Opponents received 471,859 votes, comfortably exceeding the rejection threshold of 339,706. If confirmed, the results would imply that the amendments are rejected. In the consultative referendum on abolishing the compulsory RTV Slovenija licence fee, 50.04% voted against it, 49.96% in favour, with 99.98% counted. The margin was extremely narrow, around 0.08 percentage points. On limiting Slovenian and EU citizens' voting rights in local elections, 55.29% voted yes and 44.71% voted no. The referendum on making social assistance for able-bodied recipients conditional on participation in socially useful work yielded the most clear results, with 60.54% voting yes and 39.46% voting no. All four results are provisional, pending the counting of outstanding ballots. (ANSA).