2019 Liechtenstein hospital referendum

A referendum on the financing a new public hospital in Vaduz was held in Liechtenstein on 24 November 2019.[1] The proposal was approved by 56% of voters.

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Background

In 2011 a referendum was held after the Landtag voted to build a new hospital in Vaduz at a cost of 83 million Swiss francs, which would have been financed by a loan.[1] Voters rejected the proposal by 58% to 42%.

Following the referendum, a commission was set up to implement a new, more modest project, as the cost of the hospital was deemed to be the primary reason for the rejection.[2] The new proposal would cost 65.5 million Swiss francs, also financed by a loan.[3] The Landtag voted in favour of the proposal on 5 September 2019 by a margin of 17-8, with MPs subsequently voting to make the loan conditional on a favourable result in a new referendum.

The vote took the form of an optional referendum of parliamentary origin on a budgetary issue; under Article 66 of the Constitution, the budget allocated by the Landtag is the subject of a request for a unanimous vote by the deputies.[4]

Results
Choice Votes %
For8,09156.23
Against6,29943.77
Invalid/blank votes86–
Total14,476100
Registered voters/turnout20,24371.51
Source: Government of Liechtenstein

References
  1. Liechtenstein, 24. November 2019 : Neubau des Landesspitals Direct Democracy
  2. "Volk soll Fakten schaffen". Liechtensteiner Vaterland (in German). 5 September 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  3. "Anordnung der Volksabstimmung zum Finanzbeschluss über die Genehmigung eines Verpflichtungskredits für den Neubau eines Landesspitals und die Genehmigung der Umwidmung des Vaduzer Grundstücks Nr. 2506 vom Finanzvermögen in das Verwaltungsvermögen". Liechtensteinische Landesverwaltungen (in German). 11 September 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
  4. "Liechtensteinisches Landesgesetzblatt" (in German). Retrieved 4 November 2019.
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