2009 Vincentian constitutional referendum

none Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 25 November 2009 Do you approve the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Constitution 2009 passed in the House of Assembly on the 3rd of September 2009 to provide the new Constitution for St.Vincent and the Grenadines? 22,646 29,167 449 97,724 2009 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines constitutional referendum - Results by Parish and Constituency.svg Results by parish (left) and House of Assembly constituency (right). A constitutional referendum was held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 25 November 2009.CARICOM Secretariat team to observe St Vincent and the Grenadines referendum http://www.caribbeannetnews.com/news-19839--15-15--.html Caribbean Net News 12 November 2009 14 November 2009June 2016 medic Voters were asked whether they approved of a new constitution which would have replaced the constitution in force since independence in 1979.Browne Juhel Gonsalves: No executive president for St. Vincent http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161555837 Trinidad and Tobago Express 11 November 2009 14 November 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091113082735/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161555837 November 13, 2009Elizabeth II Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom 26 July 1979 Constitution of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50.1 Kingstown Queen's Printer http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Vincent/stvincent79.html 26 November 2009 16 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201116021820/http://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Vincent/stvincent79.html live The proposal was supported by only 43.13% of voters in the referendum, well short of the required two-thirds threshold. If approved, the proposed constitution would have abolished the monarchy of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, at the time headed by Queen Elizabeth II, and would have given more power to the opposition. The referendum was the first of its kind to be held by a member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. Campaign Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves and his Unity Labour Party (ULP) campaigned heavily for the "Yes" vote,CARICOM observers for St Vincent Constitution referendum http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2009/11/13/NEWS0000009461.html https://archive.today/20130118202334/http://www.caribbean360.com/News/Caribbean/Stories/2009/11/13/NEWS0000009461.html dead January 18, 2013 Caribbean 360 13 November 2009 14 November 2009 Gonsalves advocating that, though he had nothing personally against Queen Elizabeth II, he believed it was time for Saint Vincent to stop having a monarch as its head of state; he offered the opinion: "I find it a bit of a Nancy story that the Queen of England can really be the Queen of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines." Though he had earlier shown affinity towards Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro,Johnson Andy St Vincent leader's constitutional reform in danger Trinidad and Tobago Express 26 November 2009 http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161562550 26 November 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20091127191021/http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161562550 November 27, 2009 Gonsalves asserted that the proposed constitution for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines would not have created such a presidential post; the Prime Minister argued that an executive presidency would give the office holder too much power in the small country. In an interview with the Trinidad and Tobago Express, he stated that type of presidency "may well make perfect sense" for the neighbouring country of Trinidad and Tobago, but such a government would not work in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, saying further: "it is our assessment that to conjoin the power of a prime minister with the power of a head of state, head of government, or head of state in our circumstances, that is a matter which will end up making that office holder more powerful than the current situation." Opposition to the constitutional changes was led by the New Democratic Party (NDP), which held the position that the proposed constitution would neither reduce the power of the prime minister nor strengthen the country's democracy. The NDP's leader, Arnhim Eustace, opined that the Gonsalves government and opposition parties had not come to an agreement on a number of fundamental issues, including the Integrity Commission, the Human Rights Commission, the Ombudsman, and the Electoral and Boundaries Commission. The CARICOM Secretariat announced that it would, at the request of the government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, officially observe the referendum, with the support of the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID), an agency of the government of Spain. Conduct Voting took place in heavy rain, with 52,262 of the 97,724 eligible Vincentiens casting ballots at 225 polling stations. The Supervisor of Elections opined that this was a good turn-out given the inclement weather.Trotman Jeff NO... NO...NO!!! 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