Posts Tagged ‘Referendum’

Belarus crisis: Lukashenko floats idea of referendum in bid to appease protesters

Belarus’ underfire authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has floated the idea of a constitutional referendum in an apparent bid to appease protesters. It comes after tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of the capital Minsk at the weekend calling for Lukashenko to resign. The 66-year-old claimed victory in presidential elections on August 9 that […]

Belarus crisis: Lukashenko floats idea of referendum in bid to appease protesters

Belarus’ underfire authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has floated the idea of a constitutional referendum in an apparent bid to appease protesters. It comes after tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of the capital Minsk at the weekend calling for Lukashenko to resign. The 66-year-old claimed victory in presidential elections on August 9 that […]

Belarus crisis: Lukashenko floats idea of referendum in bid to appease protesters

Belarus’ underfire authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has floated the idea of a constitutional referendum in an apparent bid to appease protesters. It comes after tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of the capital Minsk at the weekend calling for Lukashenko to resign. The 66-year-old claimed victory in presidential elections on August 9 that […]

Belarus crisis: Lukashenko floats idea of referendum in bid to appease protesters

Belarus’ underfire authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has floated the idea of a constitutional referendum in an apparent bid to appease protesters. It comes after tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of the capital Minsk at the weekend calling for Lukashenko to resign. The 66-year-old claimed victory in presidential elections on August 9 that […]

Belarus crisis: Lukashenko floats idea of referendum in bid to appease protesters

Belarus’ underfire authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has floated the idea of a constitutional referendum in an apparent bid to appease protesters. It comes after tens of thousands of demonstrators hit the streets of the capital Minsk at the weekend calling for Lukashenko to resign. The 66-year-old claimed victory in presidential elections on August 9 that […]

Likud said ready to back bill requiring referendum on any West Bank withdrawal

The Likud party will give its backing to a bill proposing the holding of a referendum before Israel dismantles any of its West Bank settlements or withdraws from any settlement territory, according to a report Sunday. The bill was proposed earlier this month by MK Zvi Hauser, of the Derech Eretz party, a member of […]

Hitler, Backed by German Referendum, Exits Geneva

Note: This article is sourced from Richard Tedor’s book, “Hitler’s Revolution”.  Noble has edited & condensed Tedor’s chapter 3, on Geneva (European Diplomacy).  Tedor’s book has 270 pages of text, supplemented by over 1000 footnotes and a bibliography of over 200 authors, mostly German.  This book is still available on Amazon.  Secure a copy now […]

Irish Referendum Was Rigged

  May 30, 2018 Source Article from https://www.henrymakow.com/2018/05/irish-abortion-referendum.html

US interference in Irish referendum? Concerns raised over ‘foreign’ pro-life groups

US anti-abortion activists, describing themselves as ‘journalists,’ have been campaigning across the historically Catholic country, calling on Irish citizens to vote ‘no’ to repealing the 8th amendment. If the referendum passes, it would pave the way for liberalizing the country’s strict abortion laws. Amnesty Intl risks criminal probe after taking Soros funds for pro-abortion campaign […]

If anyone still thinks that the EU referendum resulting in #Brexit was democracy in action – then it’s time to wake up to reality.

Revealed: The Highjacking of Britain’s EU Referendum By True Publica, We have witnessed in full view how a shadowy global operation involving dark money, big data and American billionaires influenced the result of the EU referendum. If anyone still thinks that the EU referendum resulting in Brexit was democracy in action – then it’s time […]

Western Sahara Calls For Independence In Historic Symbolic Referendum

Western Sahara Calls For Independence In Historic Symbolic Referendum Above Photo: Sahawari women call for independence at protest on Feb. 26. (WNV/Matt Meyer) Early mornings in the desert are usually dry, dusty and warm — in the summer, sometimes excruciatingly hot. There was a bit of a wind on the morning of Feb. 26, one […]

Netherlands officially withdraws ambassador to Turkey over referendum row

“The Dutch government has decided to officially withdraw the Netherlands’ ambassador in Ankara, who has not had access to Turkey since March 2017,” the ministry wrote in a statement.  It also said that the ministry would not accept the appointment of a new Turkish ambassador. “As long as the Netherlands has no ambassador to Turkey, […]

Emmanuel Macron: France Would Leave EU If Referendum Held

Emmanuel Macron admitted to the BBC on Sunday that if France held a referendum on membership of the EU, French people would overwhelmingly vote to leave.   In a stunningly candid interview on the Andrew Marr show, the French president conceded that French voters are sick of the European Union, and would quit if France held […]

Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court declared Kurdistan independence referendum unconstitutional

nsnbc : The Supreme Federal Court of Iraq issued a verdict, on Monday, considering Kurdistan’s independence referendum “unconstitutional”. The Court also cancelled all results […]

Referendum Blues Redux: Kurdistan, Catalonia and Israel

BFFs: Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani making plans with Israeli leader Bibi Netanyahu. Dr Can Erimtan21st Century Wire Identity Politics and the Spectre of Micro-Nations The recent referenda that have taken place in Spain (1 October 2017) and Iraq (25 September 2017) have managed to upset the status quo considerably. The first referendum did […]

Ceasefire reached between Iraq and Kurds, ending post-referendum violence – US-led coalition

DETAILS TO FOLLOW Source Article from https://www.rt.com/news/407952-iraq-kurds-cease-fire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=RSS

Ripples From Catalan Referendum Could Extend Beyond Spain

Above Photo: A man waves an estelada, or Catalonia independence flag, during a gathering at Plaza Catalonia in Barcelona on the day of the referendum. Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP Catalonia is not unique: all over Europe groups are seeking to redefine identity and rejecting the centralised state The Spanish government’s attempted suppression of Catalonia’s independence referendum by brute […]

Spain’s Constitutional Court declares Catalan referendum law void

The Catalan government responded immediately, with spokesman Jordi Turull saying the decision was “fast,” while “the mandate of the referendum continues.” The court ruled “the law encroached state powers regarding popular consultations,” and that it “violated, among other constitutional principles, the supremacy of the Constitution, national sovereignty and the indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation,” […]

Now the consequences of BREXIT are clearer we should be allowed a second referendum

 ‘The positive impact on growth would be significant,’ influential thinktank says of reversing Brexit – as it forecasts £40bn cost of ploughing on Economic experts have made an explosive suggestion of a further referendum to reverse Brexit, to avoid the crippling of the British economy. The influential Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said the deadlock […]

Tel Aviv Is Only Interested in Weakening Iraq: The Kurdish Referendum

Catalan Referendum: Attacks On Journalists, Biased Coverage

According to figures provided by the Catalan government, around 850 people were injured as a result of the disproportionate use of force by police who had been deployed by the Spanish government. Those injured included press photographers and reporters who were covering the voting.The most serious incidents occurred in and around the Ramón Lull School […]

Iraqi Kurdish referendum ‘illegitimate,’ Trump’s Secretary of State Rex Tillerson says

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Turkey to take stronger steps in response to Iraqi Kurdish referendum: Erdogan

Reuters – Turkey will take stronger steps in retaliation for the Iraqi Kurdish referendum last week, having already taken some measures in coordination with the Iraqi central government and Iran, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday. At a joint news conference in Tehran with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, broadcast live on Turkish television, Erdogan said […]

Trump administration urges Iraqi Kurds to not hold referendum for independence

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Independence Referendum Turns Violent As Police And Pro-Separatists Clash: The Two-Way

A Spanish riot police officer swings a club against would-be voters near a school assigned to be a polling station by the Catalan government in Barcelona, Spain on Sunday. Scenes of chaos and violence unfolded in Catalonia as an independence referendum deemed illegal by Madrid devolved quickly on Sunday. As police followed orders from the […]

On Catalonia’s Referendum

Top Commander: Referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan Region not acceptable to Iran, Turkey

FNA- Chief of Staff of Iran’s Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri underlined that Tehran and Ankara don’t recognize the results of the recent independence referendum in the Iraqi Kurdistan region, and added that the two countries will increase their military cooperation. General Baqeri made the remarks after meeting with his Turkish counterpart General […]

Catalonia Refuses Spanish Demands To Halt Referendum

The regional government of Catalonia has reiterated today that they will absolutely not comply with the Spanish national government’s orders to abandon the Sunday referendum, saying that there is no legal basis for threatening to arrest those involved in the vote. Spain has been desperately trying to undermine the vote in recent weeks, sending thousands of national […]

Is the Catalonian Referendum Really About Independence?

By Torchy Blane Farmers’ tractors and news cameras will be rolling in Catalonia Sunday morning as Catalans head to polling stations to vote once again on whether to secede from Spain. A Spanish court ruled such a vote would be illegal, and Spanish authorities in Madrid have been taking draconian measures to deny Catalans their right […]

Iraqi Kurdistan accepts Sistani’s initiative on referendum issue

IRNA – The Parliament of Iraqi Kurdistan Region accepted the initiative suggested by the country’s religious authority on the issue of referendum, an Iraqi source told IRNA on Saturday. Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) said on its news website that the Region’s parliament has welcomed Ayatollah Ali Sistani’s initiative on referendum issue. Despite opposition by […]

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