Referendum on peoples rights to dissolute Parliament fails

Monday, August 4th, 2008

On Saturday, August 2, Latvia hold a referendum on amendments to the Constitution to give people the right to dissolve Parliament. To pass, the referendum needed 757,607 “yes” votes or half the voting population. Though referendum failed to win enough support. Only 560,000 Latvians or about 43% of Latvia's 1.5 ...

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