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Our right to call referendum, to change, abolish and propose laws.
We the people of Britain currently do NOT have the right to call a referendum on an important matter of public concern. A referendum may be organised by the government but the result is not legally binding, only advisory.
The reform proposed here is to establish the right of citizens to introduce their own proposals or laws to be put to binding referendum and the right of the electorate to veto laws passing through parliament. With the citizens' initiative a law proposal is put before parliament and if rejected can go to referendum.
An agreed number of supporting signatures must be collected to start these procedures. This type of "direct democracy", side by side with "representative democracy", is already well tried in Switzerland, many states of the USA and elsewhere.
Further information may be obtained from Citizens' Initiative and Referendum I&R
In the referendum below, you are asked to show your support for the introduction of citizens' direct democracy in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Results will be published in the World Wide Web and maybe in other media. E-mail addresses will *not* be published in order to avoid unwanted communications and advertising.
Referendum for the RIGHT to referendum -- sign below, select UK.
The people of Britain and N. Ireland shall have the right to call a binding referendum and the right to put forward a proposal by citizens' initiative. |
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Citizens' Initiative and Referendum I&R
www.iniref.org
We offer proposals and campaign resources for direct democracy such as citizens' initiative,
referendum, and recall in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. |
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