referendum

Referendum in Turkey: A Vote for Democracy or a New Strongman? (Time.com)

September 13th, 2010

Time.com - The country has voted to reform the old, military-inspired constitution but has it only given more power to Turkey’s Islamist-rooted Prime Minister?

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In referendum, Turks reject military-era laws (AP)

September 12th, 2010

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, rear, and his wife Emine Erdogan arrive at a polling station to cast their vote in a referendum on changes to the constitution that was crafted in the wake of Turkey's 1980 military coup, In Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. Turks voted Sunday on whether to amend a military-era constitution in what the government says is a key step toward EU-style democracy, despite opposition claims that the proposed reforms would shackle the independence of the courts. The referendum on 26 amendments to a constitution that was crafted after a 1980 military coup has become a battleground between the Islamic-oriented government and traditional power elites that believe Turkey's secular principles are under threat. The outcome will set the stage for elections next year in a strategically located NATO ally whose regional clout has surged in recent years. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Turks approved sweeping changes to their military-era constitution Sunday — a referendum hailed by the government as a leap toward full democracy in line with its troubled bid…

Turkey votes in referendum to amend constitution (AP)

September 12th, 2010

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, rear, and his wife Emine Erdogan arrive at a polling station to cast their vote in a referendum on changes to the constitution that was crafted in the wake of Turkey's 1980 military coup, In Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010. Turks voted Sunday on whether to amend a military-era constitution in what the government says is a key step toward EU-style democracy, despite opposition claims that the proposed reforms would shackle the independence of the courts. The referendum on 26 amendments to a constitution that was crafted after a 1980 military coup has become a battleground between the Islamic-oriented government and traditional power elites that believe Turkey's secular principles are under threat. The outcome will set the stage for elections next year in a strategically located NATO ally whose regional clout has surged in recent years. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)AP - Turks voted Sunday on whether to amend a military-era constitution in what the government says is a key step in Turkey’s path to full democracy, despite opposition claims…

UN opens first office for south Sudan referendum (AP)

September 1st, 2010

People wade through floodwaters in Sajawal near Hyderabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Pakistan's economic growth will plunge 2 percentage points because of the floods and lead to 'massive' job losses, the prime minister warned Wednesday in a speech that predicted a grim couple of years for the already fragile country. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)AP - The United Nations on Wednesday opened its first field office ahead of Southern Sudan’s scheduled January referendum on independence.


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Could a Referendum on Britain’s Voting System Kill the Coalition? (Time.com)

July 2nd, 2010

Time.com - Less than two months into Britain’s coalition government, it seems the Liberal Democrats are getting their way: next year the nation will hold a referendum on its voting…

Int’l observers praise Kyrgyz referendum (AP)

June 28th, 2010

An ethnic Uzbek woman casts her ballot at a polling station in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Sunday, June 27, 2010. Polls opened in violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan for a referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until new parliamentary elections in October. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)AP - International observers on Monday praised Kyrgyzstan’s constitutional referendum, saying the vote was conducted in a transparent and remarkably peaceful manner despite a lingering climate of fear after ethnic…

Kyrgyzstan votes in key referendum after violence (AP)

June 27th, 2010

A young Kyrgyz couple walk in front of a billboard reading as 'Constitution: Change our selves - change our life! June 27, Referendum' in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Saturday, June 26, 2010. The referendum on upcoming Sunday will ask the people of this country, which is on the brink of further ethnic strife, to approve a new constitution. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - The people of violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan voted Sunday on a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize the power it seized after a deadly uprising.


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Kyrgyzstan votes in key referendum (AP)

June 27th, 2010

AP - Polls opened in violence-wracked Kyrgyzstan for a referendum Sunday to choose a new constitution that the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until new parliamentary elections in…

Kyrgyz leaders take risky bet on referendum (AP)

June 26th, 2010

An Ethnic Uzbek reacts near a relative's grave as Kyrgyz policemen dig up graves for investigation, at Uzbek cemetery in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan, Saturday, June 26, 2010. Investigators in Kyrgyzstan began exhuming bodies Saturday of people killed during clashes between ethnic Uzbeks and Kyrgyz last week that claimed hundreds of lives, risking creating a new wave of anger ahead of Sunday's crunch constitutional referendum. Deputy Interior Minster Bakyt Alynbayev said the bodies being exhumed were buried without proper procedure and without investigation into the cause of death. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)AP - Kyrgyzstan holds a referendum on a new constitution Sunday, a risky gamble amid deadly ethnic tensions but one the interim government hopes will legitimize their hold on power…

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