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The Referendum The former American president Thomas Jefferson remarked, "I know of no safer repository of the ultimate powers of society, than the people themselves".(www.peoplefirstindia.org) This holds true for Irish society also. The key to good governance is to design a system that ensures that the public, not their elected servants, are truly the holders of the definitive power of the people. This is done by a referendum. A referendum is a system of legislation involving the referral of proposed laws or constitutional amendments to the electorate for final approval.(www.lectlaw.com) The use of the referendum to decide major national issues is supported by the vast majority of the Irish people. It is viewed as a highly democratic method of decision-making and as an excellent tool for providing an essential check on politicians. So overall, the Irish experience of referendums would be considered a positive one. The policies of the state of the...

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