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plebiscite

ple buh sahyt

  • n  a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance

  • Greeks voted in a crucial plebiscite last week.
  • In Outer Mongolia, said Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek at a Chungking press conference, a plebiscite was under way.
  • Since the close of the Chile-Peruvian war (1882), these nations have been vainly attempting to hold a plebiscite in order to determine which of them shall have Tacna-Arica in .
News & Articles

  • Brazil sets $23B hike for transit after protests
    SAO PAULO (AP) — Under pressure after more than a week of nationwide protests, Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff said Monday her government will spend $23 billion more on public transportation, promised to push a plebiscite on political reform and announced five core areas her government will focus on to improvements to government services.
    June 25, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
  • Brazil leader: $23B more to be spent on transit
    SAO PAULO—Under pressure after more than a week of nationwide protests, Brazilian leader Dilma Rousseff said Monday her government will spend $23 billion more on public transportation, promised to push a plebiscite on political reform and announced five core areas her government will focus on to improvements to government services.
    June 24, 2013 - Pioneer Press
Quotes

  • Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu in Kashmir Watch
    OIC endorses a 1948 UN resolution mandating a plebiscite in Kashmir,OIC Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu told reporters on the sidelines of a conference on a dialogue between Islam and the western world in this capital city of Kazakhstan.
  • Tony Windsor in The Australian
    For Mr Vaile to now say he would have a plebiscite to determine the location of 25 nuclear power plants is very thin on credibility and country residents should be very wary,Mr Windsor said in a statement.
  • Steve Bracks in The Australian
    We will if re-elected ensure that there is a plebiscite in the future so that the laws will be backed up requiring a vote of a Victorian public for that to occur,Mr Bracks said. "We are very strong on this. We don't believe the nuclear way...

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