Archive for February 20th, 2007


Spain’s PP should be more consistent with its ideals

By: psr, 2007-02-20

Shame on Spain’s Popular Party for their behaviour in two recent referenda in Spain:

On February 20, 2005, a referendum was held in Spain to ask people “Do you approve of the Treaty by which a Constitution is established for Europe?”. Despite campaigning in favour of the affirmative vote, it was a known secret that the Popular Party (PP) was not in favour of that treaty as a constitution for Europe. The result of the consultation showed the victory of people’s indifference to the question: 58,23% of the population did not participate. Out of the 41,77% of people who voted, 76,96% voted “yes”.

Yesterday, February 18, 2007, another referendum was held in the autonomous region of Andalusia about the modification of the ruling regional legal framework of Andalusia …