Government is empowered to act

The most important ‘referendum’ was the general election, by which we conferred on a select group of individuals the responsibility and honour of administering the affairs of state, the ‘permanent government’, and co-opting experts, while keeping the common good foremost.

Government is empowered to act

Why is it that governments seek our opinions, via referenda, on so many issues, when we have given them the remit to do so?

Note the following referenda, beginning with judges’ pay: Given that the country is bankrupt and that the State is the biggest employer and had to reduce the numbers and pay of employees, there was justification in cutting the pay of all judges. Instead, we resorted to a populist referendum masquerading as action, while tampering with the Constitution.

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