Sentence examples for fair referendum from inspiring English sources

It was not, however, a fair referendum.

He insisted he would honour the outcome as long as it was a "full, free and fair referendum".

The result was the 1988 free and fair referendum in which Gen. Augusto Pinochet was voted out of office.

Indonesia is covertly breaking its promise to the United Nations to guarantee a free and fair referendum in East Timor.

… Let the Palestinian people decide their fate in a free and fair referendum, and the result, whatever it is, should be accepted.

I want a full and fair referendum to be held in 2015 to allow Britons to vote on being in or out of the European Union.

We must put the future of Europe to people in every Member State in free and fair referendums.

Supporters of the current system might argue that after the crapshoot of the play-in games, the two-legged system for conference semi-finals and finals is a fairer referendum on who should progress.

While the "yes" vote is expected to prevail by a fair margin, the referendum has raised broader questions, and some soul-searching, about Ireland's relationship with Europe.

Washington, the African Union, the United Nations, the European Union and China, which has growing investments in Sudan, must press both sides to ensure a fair and free referendum and to honor the voters' verdict.

Rather than it being an abstract academic or political debate about social justice or a fair city, the referendum was about specific housing plans which will affect tens of thousands of Rotterdammers for years to come.