From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

November 1989 Uruguayan constitutional referendum

Field	Value
date	26 November 1989
country	Uruguay
yes	1,681,592
no	374,763
invalid	0
electorate	2,319,022

A constitutional referendum was held in Uruguay on 26 November 1989 alongside general elections. The proposed changes to the constitution would require state pensions to be increased at the same rate as the salary of civil servants. The proposal was approved by 81.78% of those voting and 72.51% of all registered voters.

Background

Uruguay was suffering from a high inflation rate of around 100% at the time of the referendum. It was held after a petition was submitted by pensioner organisations with the required signatures of 10% of the number of registered voters. In order to pass, the referendum had to be approved by a 50% of those voting and 35% of registered voters. Invalid or blank votes were taken to be "no" votes.

Constitutional amendments

The proposals would amend article 67 of the constitution to state:

Results

Aftermath

The effect of the amendment was a rapid rise in pension expenditure, which increased government spending by around 2–3% of GDP.

References

de
[http://unpan1.un.org/intradoc/groups/public/documents/un-dpadm/unpan048953.pdf Constitution of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, 1967, As Consolidated to the Constitutional Reform of 31 October 2004] United Nations
[http://lnweb90.worldbank.org/oed/oeddoclib.nsf/24cc3bb1f94ae11c85256808006a0046/96b3704f596504ff85257236007ac11d/$FILE/uruguay_pensions_wp.pdf Pension Reform and the Development of Pension Systems: An Evaluation of World Bank Assistance] World Bank

Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

1989-referendums 1989-in-uruguay referendums-in-uruguay social-security-in-uruguay pension-referendums constitutional-referendums-in-uruguay november-1989-in-south-america julio-maría-sanguinetti

Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about November 1989 Uruguayan constitutional referendum — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report