According to an official source, the wording of the questions related to the staggered re-election and the support for special gasoline and diesel will be modified during the popular consultation.
Deputy Minister of Communications Gabriela Alcon confirmed on Friday evening that the Executive Body has accepted the veto on the question of amending the number of seats in the House of Representatives according to the data provided by the 2024 Population and Housing Census.
Alcon confirmed receipt of the Tokyo Stock Exchange memorandum on the technical evaluation of the four questions proposed by President Luis Arce for a referendum with the judicial elections on December 1.
“The comments will be respected accordingly because we are in this building so that (the questions) are clear and precise and the population participates in an important and vital referendum for our country,” he said in press statements at Casa Grande del Pueblo (Presidential Residence).
For his part, Justice Minister Ivan Lima wrote on his account on the multinational social networking site) what the procedure determines in these cases.
After conducting a technical analysis to ensure that the questions posed in the presidential referendum meet the criteria of clarity, accuracy and neutrality, the General Chamber of the Turkish Stock Exchange presented its observations today, Friday.
On the issue of intermittent re-election, he replied that this only met the standard of neutrality, not clarity and precision.
He explained that since the question constitutes a case that could involve a partial amendment to the Constitution, “the text of the question must be clarified by referring to the referendum on constitutional approval provided for in the second paragraph of Article 411 of the Political Constitution of the State.”
Regarding the second and third questions, regarding whether or not to maintain support for special gasoline and diesel, he explained that none of them “meet the criteria of clarity, precision and neutrality,” and suggested “a new formulation that takes into account” the observations that arise from the technical analysis of these three criteria.
As for the fourth question, which proposed increasing the number of seats in the House of Representatives, it was ruled out by the Multinational Electoral Commission.
The Turkish Supreme Court responded by saying: “It is not appropriate to hold a referendum on a presidential initiative, but rather a referendum on the constitution on a popular initiative or through the multinational legislature.”
“This is what was sent according to the technical report, because it is consistent, and this is what the Tokyo Stock Exchange itself pointed out and explained; and it is indeed consistent with the constitutional amendment,” Alcon explained.
But the Vice President explained that “corresponding amendments” would be made to the remaining three questions, with the aim of the advisory referendum, and then they would be sent to the Plurinational Constitutional Court for corresponding testing.
This entire procedure must be completed by August 31 at the latest so that the Supreme Electoral Court can organize the referendum alongside the judicial elections scheduled for December 1 of this year.
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