STUTTGART 21 PROTESTORS INITIATE REFERENDUM
STUTTGART 21 PROTESTORS INITIATE REFERENDUM TO DISSOLVE LOCAL PARLIAMENTJane Burgermeister | October 4, 2010 at 1:15 pm | Categories: Uncategorized | URL: http://wp.me/puNtl-LM
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Citizens protesting the way a railway project called Stuttgart 21 is being pushed through by politicians against the will of the people have initiated a referendum to dissolve the regional parliament, the activist organisation Parkschützer has announced.
http://www.radio-utopie.de/2010/10/04/wir-konnen-demokratie-herr-mappus/
400 people, including a boy of 12, were injured last week when riot police used water canon and teargas on peaceful protestors in Stuttgart’s main park .
Over the weekend construction workers erected a 10 foot steel fence around the building site which is rapidly becoming a symbol of the loss of democracy in Germany as federal and state parliaments become captive to corporate interests.
10,000 signatures are needed to apply for the Baden-Württemberg state parliament to be dissolved under article 43 of the region’s constitution. A tenth of the population or circa 1.3 million people are required to sign a petition allowing government to be dissolved and new elections to be held. Protestors hope to collect signatures during this evening’s demonstration. Read more of this post




























