The parliamentary Committee on the Constitution, Standing Orders and Political System unanimously decided on Tuesday to ask the government to crosscheck the signatures collected for a referendum against the leasing of motorways to monetise their debt, and the decision is expected to be confirmed by parliament. A civil group called “We won’t give our motorways”…
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Signatures handed over to Sabor for motorway referendum
Activists who launched a petition for a referendum against the government’s plan to lease motorways in order to monetise their state-owned operators’ debt, on Monday handed boxes with over 530,000 signatures to Parliament Speaker Josip Leko. “We have collected 530,853 signatures of citizens who have thus sent a message to the government that they want…
Enough signatures for referendum against motorways monetisation
The initiative for a referendum against the proposed lease of motorways announced on Thursday it had collected enough signatures for the referendum against monetisation of the debt of two state-owned motorway operators. According to preliminary results, the initiative has collected 487,612 signatures, or 113,000 more than required by the law, Teodor Celakoski of the Right…
Last day of collecting signatures for referendum against leasing motorways
The “We won’t give our motorways” civil society group at midnight on Saturday ends collecting signatures for a referendum against the leasing of motorways to monetise their debts and its representatives voiced confidence that enough citizens would support the petition. “We will certainly make it. Citizens have listened to our call and there are lines…
Over 160,000 signatures collected so far for referendum
Since Saturday, when a referendum petition drive was launched against monetisation of the debt incurred by state-owned motorway operators, over 160,000 signatures have been collected, two activists of the civil society group that organised the drive told a news conference in Zagreb on Tuesday. Teodor Celakoski and Mijat Stanic expressed satisfaction with the pace of…
Public Administration Ministry to recognise signatures of voters living outside Croatia
The Public Administration Ministry said on Monday, regarding the initiative for a referendum against the leasing of the motorways, that it would recognise the signatures of Croatian citizens not resident in Croatia, regardless of where they were collected. Leaders of that initiative on Monday requested instructions from the State Electoral Commission on how to gather…