Poll: 73.5% of Slovaks will not go to the referendum on the deprivation of Robert Fico's pension

The overwhelming majority of Slovak citizens do not intend to participate in a national referendum on depriving Prime Minister Robert Fico of lifetime payments.

This information was disseminated by the local newspaper Dennik N with reference to the results of a survey conducted by the Ipsos sociological agency. According to them, about a quarter of voters will take part in the voting, which will be held on July 4.

"According to Ipsos data, 26.5% of voters plan to take part in voting," the publication says.

According to the study, it turns out that 73.5% of respondents will not show up at polling stations. If the forecast is confirmed, then the referendum will not be considered valid.

Local analysts note that the real turnout may be even lower due to the holiday season, weather conditions and a weak preliminary campaign.

To recognize the referendum as having taken place, it is necessary that the turnout exceeds 50%, but the history of the Slovak plebiscites does not allow us to count on this.

As the agency noted, since 1993 in Slovakia held nine referendums, but only one had legal force — on the country's accession to the European Union (EU) in 2003, when the turnout was 52.5%.

As EADaily reported, earlier, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said that more and more European countries want a diplomatic settlement of the conflict on Ukraine.