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| Friday, 07 May 2010 03:51 |
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May 6, 2010 – LA PAZ. The World People’s Conference today took the historic step of announcing the immediate construction of the first global democratic system.
Over 35,000 delegates including governments, social movements and indigenous right’s groups from 140 countries attended the summit held in Bolivia. The official declaration pledges to “Support and promote a world plebiscite or referendum on climate change open to the global public.” With this statement, a completely new chapter in the arena of international politics has started.
The idea for a global referendum was first proposed by President Evo Morales during the failed climate talks in Copenhagen (COP15), when it became painfully clear that there was no democratic decision-making process at the global level. The World People’s Conference now formalizes this World Vote by forming international and national committees to directly organize the event.
Amalia Cuaquira, who was elected co-chair of the Referendum Initiative with Joel Marsden, points out the challenges ahead, “We have to take local customs and practices into consideration, so that we can include every man and woman in this global referendum.”
“The first step is the definition of the referendum questions themselves,” said Marsden. “The global referendum will completely change the power structure in the world. We have to do it right from the beginning.”
The global referendum can be held using a mixture of national voting infrastructure, the web, mobile phones and civil society networks. Under one plan, the global referendum could be held on the UN approved “Mother Earth Day” on April 22. but if this is possible as soon as in 2011 or in 2012 has been left up to the international and national committees to decide upon.
“Look at something as revolutionary as a global referendum that President Morales proposed.” said President Hugo Chavez, “Venezuela will join the effort immediately. We all just have to get together and organize it.”
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| Last Updated on Monday, 21 June 2010 07:37 |
