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Call it South Korea's Schwarzenegger option, minus the celebrity. Hong Jun Pyo, a lawmaker with the conservative Grand National Party, says beleaguered President Roh Moo Hyun's recent call for a national referendum to gauge confidence in his leadership doesn't go far enough. Hong argues that if a vote is to be held, Roh's name isn't the only one that should appear on a ballot-he should face off against another candidate. "People are afraid of confusion and instability," says Hong. "They want an alternative, like in California...
...Mesa is eligible to finish Sánchez's term, which ends in 2007. But Mesa, 50, said he wished to stay on only until a referendum has been held on the natural-gas issue and a special national assembly addresses Bolivia's socioeconomic crisis, to "peacefully resolve our ancient hatreds." He gave no timetable, but told Congress that it should hold a special presidential election afterward. For now, the front-runner in any election would be Morales, 43, who also leads the Movement to Socialism Party. Should he win, it would be one more piece of evidence that Latin...
...which has too many questionable Iraqi exiles like Ahmed Chalabi and too little input from the Grand Ayatullah Ali Sistani, the most powerful Shi'a cleric, or the general Sunni populace. The Bush Administration's chosen path is more responsible but too slow--write a new constitution, have a referendum on that constitution and then hold general elections. Colin Powell has set a six-month target for the constitution, but nobody believes it can be done that quickly. Political reality may dictate that this second option will be scrapped in favor of the first: a quick and dirty transfer...
...Though it's unclear whether a formal referendum is legal, Roh later said he might try to get the law changed to ensure a vote is taken. "I'm ready to step down if I fail to win enough confidence," he said. "It is more important to establish the political culture of taking responsibility and lead national politics in the right direction than to complete my five-year term." His colleagues certainly seemed to take him seriously. On Saturday, Roh's Cabinet and senior presidential staff resigned en masse to take responsibility for the administration's failures. Roh refused...
...priorities would be to launch a referendum on expelling all refugees and asylum seekers, without the possibility of appeal. Refugees determined to be at risk if returned to their own country would be sent to a safer destination. Another SVP referendum would seek to give local authorities the right to decide whether foreigners living in their areas receive Swiss citizenship, meaning that residents of a given town or village could vote on a candidate's suitability to become Swiss...