He is rushing to hold a national referendum this month on a new constitution without serious parliamentary debate or the usual public education.

Labour wants to reduce the House of Lords membership by half and hold referenda on making it wholly elected and on changing the voting system.

A plebiscite on dissolving the union with Sweden was held in Norway on 13 August 1905.

Recently, under the aegis of the UN, a referendum on the future of Cyprus was held within the island's Greek and Turkish communities.

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2. Takes note of the adoption by the Legislative Assembly in 2001 of a referendum law, which confirmed that only a referendum makes it possible for the electorate to give a clear judgement on a single issue of immediate relevance and that the Constitution of the Cayman Islands can be amended only through a referendum

Cameron has said on several occasions that he wishes to avoid a referendum revolving around the simple choice of continued EU membership on the basis of the current terms of membership.

The proposed reforms were postponed in a referendum.

The Irish problem remains how to convince popular opinion to accept a Treaty that was decisively rejected by 53.4 to 46.6 in the June 12 poll.

(d) The adoption of the constitution through national referendum

In a poll published on his website, Yahyaoui once asked

The proposed solution of shared sovereignty, had been totally rejected by Gibraltar in the 2002 referendum that was the end of the matter, as well as the end of any further sovereignty discussions between the United Kingdom and Spain.

Irish voters may reject the fiscal compact in a referendum.

A second referendum in December 1979 approved a theocratic constitution.

Holding a referendum would require considerable time and resources.

Indeed, to almost everyone's surprise, he now promises a referendum on the Treaty and says that this will decide once and for all whether Britain is in or out of the Union.

Tokelau continued to move steadily towards a decision on self government. In August 2005, the General Fono had agreed to hold a referendum on self government, enacted a set of rules for the referendum, and authorized the Council for Ongoing Government to negotiate a final draft of the treaty.

The Conservatives have agreed to hold a referendum on whether Britain should change its first past the post electoral system to an alternative vote arrangement.

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In 2005, Kibaki called a referendum to vote on Wako s document.

The recent elections in America were a referendum on the war in Iraq.

Thus, on 6 December 1920, King Constantine was recalled by a plebiscite.

Indeed, the Moroccan Government was opposed to a referendum in which independence was an option.

He has already proposed a popular referendum on Taiwanese membership in the United Nations.

At this time, the population of Mayotte voted against independence from France in two referenda.

Parliament will discuss the plan in June 2011, and there could be a referendum as well.

On 30 May 1982 Spain joined NATO, following a referendum.

Morocco had also accepted the plan but it had prevented the holding of a referendum for self determination.

In a referendum held earlier this week, Colombians rejected Santos' peace deal.

On 28 March, the Knesset rejected draft legislation to introduce a national referendum on disengagement.

In fact, the PDP Chairman had proposed calling a referendum to determine the most effective mechanism for dealing with the question.

It also endorsed the Puerto Rico Bar Association (CAPR) proposal to call a referendum immediately.

Once the provisions had been explained to the population at large, it might be possible to hold a referendum on the matter.

But his strategy renegotiation of EU membership, followed by a British referendum on the new agreement is the product of two illusions first, that he can ensure a positive outcome, and, second, that the EU is able and willing to give him the concessions that he wants.

That day, international mainstream media reported on Goldman Sachs being hired by the Spanish government to evaluate banking conglomerate Bankia, taken over by the state earlier in May, and also about rumors of a referendum in Greece to ballot the membership in the Eurozone.

PARIS A referendum in Switzerland forbids the construction of new minarets.

A new government was formed and in April 1979 Iran officially became an Islamic Republic, after its establishment was supported in a referendum.

A notable referendum on the subject, launched by an anti militarist group, was held on 26 November 1989.

Following a referendum on 1 July 2011, the new constitution was ratified on 13 September.

The final decision on the adoption of the draft constitution now rests with the people themselves in next month's referendum.

The bill had provided for a referendum on that issue before or concurrently with the next elections, scheduled to take place in November 2004, but the governing party's candidate for the governorship had refused to encourage the Legislative Assembly to take steps in favour a referendum on the advisability of convening a constituent assembly.

In 2002 a second referendum was held which reversed the result and saw the Yes side triumph.