Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Carribean Nation still wants British Queen


Eastern Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines voted in a referendum to reject a plan to replace her with a president chosen by Parliament. The outcome of the votes has decided to keep the Queen of Great Britain as their 'formal leader'.

The primaries resulted in a 56 percent rejection against the change, even though both of the country’s parties desired to replace the queen with a president as head of state.

Quite an unusual outcome, however it does not seem likely that the referendum will stop the nation's bi-partisan desire for a President rather than a Queen.

Opposition leaders had urged voters to reject the proposal, arguing that it did not sufficiently reduce the powers of the prime minister, who would remain as head of government. They also said citizens, rather than Parliament, should elect the president.
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