Sentences with phrase «held a referendum for»

Public authorities, run by his appointees, can borrow with state taxpayers» backing without requiring voter approval, as when the state holds a referendum for a major bond act for transportation or environmental projects.

Catalonia held a referendum for independence.

It also cited an instance of how Kanu allegedly incited his followers «to disrupt, disallow and boycott elections in south East states, starting with Anambra State governorship election scheduled to hold onvbNovember 18, 2017, if the Federal Government failed to hold a referendum for the realisation of the state of Biafra nation.»

Most places that have tried public - private partnerships have used a system that blends the traditional process — holding a referendum for local approval to borrow money, then advertising for proposals and taking the lowest bidder — with aspects of public - private partnerships.

Not exact matches

The failure of far - right populist Gert Wilders to win the recent Dutch election was a boost for the EU but a threat awaits in the prospect of French President Marine le Pen, a far - right anti-immigration candidate who has promised to hold a referendum on France's EU membership if elected, the same promise Cameron made.

In the runup to the 2015 UK general election, former Prime Minister David Cameron promised to hold a nationwide referendum on Britain's membership of the EU if he was elected for a second time.

BARCELONA, SPAIN — They have been beaten for trying to hold a referendum, their parliament has been dissolved and their leaders have either fled or been put in prison, but the Catalan independence supporters are not relenting.

The second largest party in the Italian parliament, the Five Start Movement, openly advocates for holding a referendum on whether Italy should stay in the currency union.

The move is believed to be part of joint drills planned by the Iranian and the Iraqi government armed forces in retaliation for an independence referendum held a week ago by Iraq's Kurds.

Angel Gurria, the secretary - general of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), warned on Wednesday of the risk of other EU countries following the U.K.'s lead in holding a referendum and voting to leave.

Either it means that other members of his party — the finance minister, who is against the referendum — will come in and not hold a referendum at all, and try to keep Greece on the austerity plan, or there will be a fall in the government, a no - confidence vote, and people will presumably vote for the Conservative Party, which is very much like the Republican Party in the United States.

PARIS (AP)-- The leader of France's far - right National Front set the tone for her campaign for the French presidency Saturday, calling to fight an Islamist «offensive» and promising to hold a nationwide referendum on European Union membership if she is...

In the context of public health care funding, the Party promises to eliminate health care premiums and ambulance charges; increase funding for home care and other out - of - hospital care services; restore funding for chiropractic and physiotherapy services; fully fund and implement a mental health strategy; and to hold a referendum to prioritize health care spending.

Carole James and the New Democrats have been calling for the HST referendum to be held as soon as possible, in order to bring certainty for B.C. families, businesses, and investors.

Given that Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's ruling Liberal - National Coalition has consistently stated it wants to hold a referendum on the issue rather than pass it in parliament, it's unlikely a change in marriage law will now happen for the foreseeable future.

That could delay the timetable for holding the referendum.

But he was willing to hold — insisted on holding, for plausible reasons — that the role of a referendum proponent does not confer standing to represent the constitutionality of state law in federal court.

Before opening her own firm, Bailey - Chapman held a number of public affairs and advocacy leadership positions including vice president of public affairs for Penn National Gaming, the country's second largest gaming company, where she oversaw a multi-state government affairs team and managed several local and statewide referenda campaign efforts.

After deciding not to hold the community center referendum, the Park District Board also discarded the idea of asking the voters if they would be willing to foot the bill for about $ 150,000 in maintenance and repairs at the parks.

Plans for the force have been put on hold, however, by 531 residents who have signed a petition to put the issue before voters in a referendum in November.

In preparation for the referendum, Park District Director Steve Schelten said the committee will be conducting presentations for homeowners associations and civic groups, holding neighborhood gatherings, telephoning voters and displaying yard signs.

The Village held an unsuccessful referendum for the purchase of the Railroad Parks for parks and parking in 1959.

WOODSTOCK — Less than 15 minutes after voting to hold an April referendum on a $ 3.9 million bond issue for recreation, the Woodstock city council debated a proposal to reorganize the parks and recreation department as an independent park district.

After a telephone survey showed little support for the project, Glencoe Park Board members recently canceled plans to hold a referendum on a proposed $ 16 million community center.

Years later, after their 2004 unsuccessful referendum, the Library District felt one of the reasons for their defeat was that they didn't hold title to a driveway (owned by the Park District) which cut the Library District's property into two halves.

(The UK government considered the temporary nature of these powers crucial; there existing a genuine fear Holyrood might try to hold further referendums, for example following an election victory in May 2016).

The result was particularly damaging for the prime minister given he had already tried to win back Ukip voters with a pledge to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU.

It's «a bill to make provision for the holding of a referendum in the United Kingdom on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union».

A referendum was held in 1998 on proposals for the establishment of a new strategic authority headed by a directly - elected Mayor - a concept Labour was at that time keen to promote across the country.

Not only is he seen as untrustworthy on Europe, for example by reneging on his promise to hold a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, his whole modernisation strategy since taking over the party leadership in 2005 has been seen by some as an essential betrayal of the party's core, conservative values.

The government had pledged to hold a referendum on whether to adopt the EU constitution, something it claims is not necessary for the reform treaty.

On the whole, the people seen waving England flags and swearing at «foreigners» in the last few weeks held racist views long before the referendum — indeed, many have held them for their most of their adult lives.

The bill in question was proposed by Tory John Stevenson, and asked «that leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act 1983 to disenfranchise all residents of Scotland eligible to vote in any United Kingdom General Election held after 18 September 2014 in the event of a positive vote in the Scottish Independence referendum; and for connected purposes.»

EU leaders were heavily criticised for being undemocratic when only Ireland held a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and almost certainly will face similar criticism if they avoid a referendum on a new treaty.

In summary, my proposal is that following a «no» vote the Scotland Act be amended to empower the Scottish Parliament to hold a binding referendum on independence, but only if 30 years have elapsed since the last referendum or if two - thirds of all MSPs vote for such a referendum.

To address your questions in order: It is constitutionally possible for the Westminster parliament to hold any referendum held by the Scottish parliament to be non-binding on itself and thus effectively worthless.

This is also the case for David Cameron's pledge to hold a referendum, which originated in three interrelated developments.

The graph below shows how the probability of a referendum changes across a range of hypothetical treaty signing dates for these four countries and the two countries next most likely to hold a referendum, Romania and Poland.

Even on Monday of this week, he was proudly promoting business support for his refusal to hold a referendum on membership of the EU — a tactic which rather backfired when some of those quoted distanced themselves from the ad.

The Government also committed to providing in the Oireachtas a response to each recommendation of the Convention within four months and, if it accepted the recommendation, was required to indicate the time frame envisaged for the holding of any related referendum.

Despite winning reelection in 1998, the PQ chose not to hold another referendum, waiting for «winning conditions».

and in addition, if a significant portion (even a small minority) of the parliament asks for referendum, they can ask a certain number of citizens to sign the referendum, and if this certain number of signatures is reached, a referendum is held.

Even when referendums have not been held there have been calls for them on a variety of topics: from reforming the House of Lords, to Britain's membership of the EU.

When David Cameron announced his intention to hold an in - or - out referendum, he made it clear that the goal was for the British people to have their say and finish the debate.

It was meant to get such a process rolling by making the interests of the populace clear, though Congress was well aware of this movement and had previously allocated funds for the referendum to be held.

The interesting thing about the reasons I've given here for Cameron announcing a referendum is that none of them require a referendum to actually be held.

Almost all English district and unitary councils — 279 of 293 — held elections too, and there were also votes for six mayors, for many parish and town councils, plus the odd local referendum.

[15]: 17 Lord Wallace, Advocate General for Scotland, said in January 2012 that holding a referendum concerning the constitution would be outside the legislative power of the Scottish Parliament [23][39] and that private individuals could challenge a Scottish Parliament referendum bill.

David Cameron lacked judgment in holding the referendum, but also to blame for the result was the lack of Labour leadership in promoting a vigorous campaign to expose the distortions and lies the Tories were using to blame Europe for the policies they had instigated, which had damaged schools, hospitals, social services and housing needs.

The day after the referendum, Cameron raised the issue of «English votes for English laws», with Miliband criticising the move as a simplistic solution to a complex problem, eventually coming out in favour for a constitutional convention to be held after the general election.