Sentences with phrase «not propose a referendum»

While Cameron would not rule out a switch to PR, he said: «We are not proposing a referendum on PR because we do not support PR», he concluded.

Not exact matches

It was imposed on Greece by Ms. Merkel and other pro-bank leaders that Greece not hold the referendum that Pasok Prime Minister Papandreou had proposed on the bailout of French and German banks at Greek expense.

Aside from oil pipelines, the NDP - Green agreement commits to holding a referendum on proportional representation in fall 2018 (though it is not clear what form of proportional representation will be proposed) and reforming BC's wild - west election finance laws (banning corporate and union donations, placing limits on individual donations, and limiting party loans to banks and financial institutions).

Two hotly debated «pass the pool» referendum measures were sunk in 1997 by voters who did not want higher property taxes to pay for a proposed multimillion - dollar family aquatic center on Park District land at Hunt Club Park on Hunt Club Road.

I'm not aware of any official name for what you're proposing (which basically combines referendum with candidate - matching).

Senator Kathy Marchione on Tuesday proposed an alternative plan that does not include the referendum.

The other option is to propose a bill to have the Act nevertheless enter into force: For the results of an advisory referendum are not binding.

He also criticized Republicans for not letting a proposed $ 16 million police station go to referendum.

But if Lisbon can not be renegotiated, it would certainly be possible to have another referendum on Europe, as David Davis, the former Tory leadership contender, proposed in this newspaper yesterday.

He added that he doesn't think Mr. Lindsay's proposed referendum will be approved.

Smith is proposing a second referendum on the terms of Brexit and believes there «is a chance» that the UK will not leave the EU if there is a credible Labour party to make the case.

And she says that the fact that all three parties proposed Lords reform in their manifestos makes the case for a referendum even stronger, because people did not have the chance to vote for a party opposed to it.

Until now, Labour has advocated holding an EU referendum on the proposed specific transfer of power to Brussels, but not on the wider principle of UK's continued membership.

But despite the promise, party sources do not believe that the transfer of power that would trigger the proposed in / out referendum will actually occur.

Even Jinnah did not agree for referendum when Mountbatten proposed it to him.

It's important to remember that the question asked in the 1999 Referendum was whether we approved of the proposed republican model and not whether we wanted to become a republic or not.

Mr Powell proposed a second Referendum because voters were not given a true picture of what they were voting for if we left the EU.

As any EU treaty needs the unanimous agreement of all EU Member States including the UK, where the Government opposes any proposed treaty change, a referendum would not be required.

Not least because the idea of joint working was actually proposed in public by leading Brexiteer Steve Baker (now Theresa May's Minister for Brexit) in February 2016, four months before the referendum.

«Those who support a consolidation do not want to set back any progress toward it by having a public vote that could decisively fail,» Reeher said, referring to a referendum this November on a Consensus» proposed government merger.

The 65.5 % Italians who voted in this referendum not only rejected the proposed constitutional change, they completely annihilated it.

I haven't see Labour proposing to ditch ID cards, or freeze council tax, or offer a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, but those are hard Tory policies

Very soon, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people will join together in the NT to propose a Referendum Question that will be put to the vote by the Australian public.