Wednesday, February 8, 2017

Agree or disagree with the following statement: Brexit proves that some issues should not be decided by referendum.

            In my view, Brexit proves that some issues should not be decided by referendum. Referendums aim to give the citizens of a society the balance of power when it comes to the implementation of milestone legislations that will define (or redefine) those societies. I believe that the totality of the population of a democracy needs a full and secured access to information about the subject of a referendum, in order for the people to forge their personal opinion before casting their vote. This information should come from independent sources, freed from political partisanship or economic interests. The current situation in our modern democracy is, in my view, different. Indeed, it seems to me that the parties campaigning for one of the proposals of a referendum do not hesitate to use any kind of information and arguments, regardless of their source and veracity, in order to drag the voters on their side. This leads to a lot of misinformation within the population, an consequently, to the perversion of the democratic exercise that is a referendum.

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