Poles will be asked in the planned national referendum if they support raising the retirement age, Szydło said in a video posted across social media channels on Saturday.
The former prime minister said that the second question asked of voters in the referendum will be: "Are you in favor of raising the retirement age, currently set at 60 years for women and 65 for men?"
The retirement age remains a divisive issue in Polish society. The previous centrist government of Civic Platform (PO) and Polish People’s Party (PSL) raised it to 67 years for both men and women.
However, after the conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party took power in 2015, it lowered it again to 65 years for men and 60 for women.
In the first question of the planned national referendum, Poles will be asked if they support the sale of state-owned companies, the leader of the ruling conservatives, Jarosław Kaczyński, announced on Friday morning.
Kaczyński, announced in the Facebook video: "The first question will be as follows: ‘Do you support the sale of state-owned companies?'"
The plebiscite is set to consist of four questions, with the remaining two to be announced successively on Sunday and Monday.
On June 15, Kaczyński said in parliament that the government would call a national referendum on the European Union’s proposed new migration policy.
On July 3, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said that the ruling conservatives planned to hold a referendum on the EU’s proposed migration deal together with the upcoming parliamentary election, which has since been slated for October 15.
Poland’s Sejm (lower house of parliament) is due to consider a motion for a nationwide referendum at a session next week, the PAP news agency reported.
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Source: IAR, PAP