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...branches of government since it took control in 1968. The party's Revolutionary Command Council supposedly determines government policy; in fact, it does the bidding of Saddam, its chairman since 1979. The parliament rubber-stamps all council decisions. Last October Saddam officially won 100% of the vote in a referendum on his presidency, with many ballots cast in blood as a show of dedication...
...Absent legislation, members of FACTS (Families to Amend California's 3 Strikes) hope to get a statewide referendum on the 2004 ballot modifying the law to only apply to violent offenders on the third offense. The group's founder and executive director Geri Silva believes California voters will support a ballot initiative to focus the law on violent offenders only. While results of a recent poll conducted by a public policy research company indicate strong support (69 percent approval) for the three strikes law, results show as many as 65 percent of California voters would support a "violent offenders only...
Late last month, a Cuban legislative panel officially jettisoned the Varela Project, an initiative spearheaded by dissidents seeking a referendum on political and economic reform within the island’s Communist framework. A clause in the regime’s constitution purportedly allows citizens to organize a national referendum if they can gather 10,000 signatures, and Cuba’s opposition leaders had been able to collect over 11,000 for the Varela petition, which they presented to the National Assembly in May 2002. Unfortunately, the dissident project now appears to have suffered the same fate...
...present controversy arose at B.U. when Silber ignored a student referendum against recruiting and decided to allow military recruiters on campus in order to make the university eligible for Federal grants. His decision came after a series of student demonstrations last spring, which protested the presence of Marine Corps recruiters...
England will adopt the Euro within the next five years, he said, adding that he believes British Prime Minister Tony Blair will likely call for a referendum on the matter this year that will fail by a narrow margin...