Pension cuts ruled unconstitutional
Written by Nathan Greenhalgh
Dec 21, 2009
RIGA — Latvia’s 2010 national budget, a painful mixture of tax hikes and benefit cuts, may need to be redone after the country’s Constitutional Court declared pension payment reductions unconstitutional.
The court determined Monday that the reduction of payments by 10 percent for retired pensioners and 70 percent for employed pensioners violated Latvian citizens’ constitutionally-guaranteed right to social security.
[RIGA – S-ar putea ca bugetul national pe 2010 al Letoniei, un amestec dureros de taxe marite si de prestatii reduse, sa trebuiasca sa fie refacut dupa ce Curtea Constitutionala a tarii a declarat neconstitutionale reducerile de pensii.
Curtea a hotarat luni ca reducerea platilor cu 10% pentru pensionarii retrasi din activitate si cu 70% pentru pensionarii angajati a violat dreptul la protectie sociala garantat prin constitutie cetatenilor letoni.]