Date of the judgment: 31.03.2010.
Official publication: 06.04.2010.
On Compliance of Para 20 of the Transitional Provisions of the Law "On Long-Service Pensions for Ministry of the Interior System Employees with Special Service Ranks" with Article 1 and 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia
Constitutional Court held:
1. Para 20 of the Transitional Provisions of the Law “On Long-Service Pensions for Ministry of the Interior System Employees with Special Service Ranks” does not comply with Article 1 and 109 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia and shall be null and void as from the date of adopting it.
2. Deductions from long-service pensions established in Para 20 of the Transitional Provisions of the Law “On Long-Service Pensions for Ministry of the Interior System Employees with Special Service Ranks” shall be terminated no later than by 1 June 2010.
3. No later than by 1 June 2010, the Saeima shall be committed to establishing procedure for disbursing the deductions from the long-service pensions made in accordance with Para 20 of the Transitional Provisions of the Law “On Long-Service Pensions for Ministry of the Interior System Employees with Special Service Ranks”.