3 comments so far.Gharb Council releases the official results of the referendum
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The Gharb Local Council have announced the official results of the Advisory Referendum held at Gharb yesterday, with the theme ‘Do you agree with the construction of new fireworks factories in Gharb?’
The eligible voters were asked to vote Yes or No to the question.
Results:
Eligible voters 1,221
Submitted votes 491
Invalid votes 10
Valid votes 481 100%
Yes votes 193 – 40.12%
No votes 288 – 59.88%
The Council said that these results will be forwarded to the attention of the Authorities.
May I ask: To which ‘Authorities’ will these results be forwarded to?
At Qala if I can recollect my memory right in 2002 a referendum was held and 85% of the Qala residents voted against. For what. Wasn`t this enough?????????
The current government still did not scrap the application. Even more did not listen to the majority of the Qala residents.
I would say they are probably referring to MEPA Victor who will no doubt have the final say in whether or not a new factory is built, no matter what the people say. MEPA will no doubt say that this in not a legally binding vote but simply a consultative referendum and therefore means nothing in the same way as the vote taken by the residents of Qala against the proposed Hondoq marina project was dealt with. What’s the point of asking the people what they want if you are going to ignore what they say?