Sentences with phrase «need for a referendum»

9) Constitutional reform Do you support the need for referenda on all EU treaties?

In any case, if there is a collapse of the EU why would there be any need for a referendum at all?

According to a Local Government Minister, O.B Amoah, for the MMDCE elections to be possible, there is a need for a referendum to be held or Article 55 (3) of the Constitution amended to make the position a partisan one.

But Murphy said there is no need for a referendum if the city, the county and surrounding towns and villages decide to share some of their services.

They are preparing a 15 - point plan for the prime minister, which they argue would improve the treaty and omit the need for a referendum.

The Tory leader admitted he had had something of a falling out with London mayor Boris Johnson just before the Tory party conference, when he spoke out on the need for a referendum on Lisbon.

Cameron tries to downplay the need for a referendum, a line you'll hear more and more as we approach next week's vote.

Plaid Cymru has welcomed the decision to drop the need for a referendum but wants to know when the transfer will take place.

In a statement signed by IPOB Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, it said «We the IPOB want to use this opportunity to thanked the Arewa Elders Forum, AEF, Arewa Youths and Arewa Consultative Forum for seeing sense in what IPOB has been saying about the need for a referendum to be conducted in Nigeria to decide the fate of the component ethnic nationalities criminally lumped together by the British in 1914.»

Cameron and Clegg have both said that they see no need for a referendum on Lords reform, because voters backed the idea at the 2010 general election, but Labour are demanding one and, with Tory rebels threatening to support them, ministers may decide that granting a referendum is the only way to get the legislation through the Commons.

With the Liberal Democrats reportedly split over the need for a referendum on the EU treaty, the Conservatives are hoping to pick up some liberal support for their amendment.

Lorraine Mullally: Caroline Flint's admission of ignorance about the Lisbon Treaty makes the need for a referendum all the more urgent

Levine (D - Manhattan) stressed the need for a referendum, but said he'd support an extension.

«Several other counties in the area... eight in fact... have very similar laws that were passed without the need for a referendum, haven't been challenged and are working to keep jobs in their local communities,» said Lorigo.

Plaid have emphasised the need for a referendum to give the public a say on important democratic issues including: the present voting system, the power of the Whips, the Royal prerogative and calling for a fixed term parliament.

As further evidence of his commitment, Gordon Brown was offering them electoral reform without even the need for a referendum.

Richard Stein, partner at Leigh Day, says he will try to take the case to the Supreme Court: «We believe that there is precedent for fast - track legislation being put through Parliament in a matter of days in response to court judgment, so there would be no need for the referendum to be delayed if the Supreme Court rules in our favour.

[2] Amended in 2004 without the need for referendum, the Constitution Act 1975 (Vic)(«Victorian Constitution») now provides that: