Sentence examples for organized a referendum from inspiring English sources

When President Ben Ali organized a referendum in 2002 to alter the Constitution to lift the limit on presidential terms, Mr. Yahyaoui organized a referendum, too, asking visitors to his Web site to choose whether Tunisia was a republic, a monarchy, a prison, a zoo or none of the above.

In February, in response to the public furor over the Saul's salami boycott, Ms. Adelman organized a "Referendum on the Jewish Deli," with the sustainability guru Michael Pollan, a regular at the restaurant, on the panel.

In the spring of 2014, when the Kremlin organized a referendum in Crimea and moved to annex the territory, it proved easy for Moscow to turn those sentiments into something acute and decisive.

The following year the Assembly decreed French the only official language of government and business in Quebec, and in 1980 Lévesque organized a referendum seeking approval for the provincial government to negotiate a new status and relationship with the rest of Canada.

So Killer organized a referendum to change the name from Shannon County to Oglala Lakota County.

His successor as governor, Isham G. Harris, and the legislature, organized a referendum on whether to have a constitutional convention to authorize secession; when that failed, they put the question of leaving the Union to a popular vote.

So now, he is organizing a referendum on breaking ties with Serbia and backing an alliance with Macedonia.

"Power belongs to the people and it's only fair to organize a referendum," Mr. Ravalomanana said.

President Laurent Gbagbo pledged to organize a referendum on changing the Constitution -- a demand of rebels holding half the country since a coup attempt on Sept. 19.

From 1985 he served as the government spokesman, and in 1986 he was pivotal in organizing a referendum to endorse Spain's membership in NATO, provided the country's armed forces did not become involved in NATO operations.

It is a big question whether Serbia will ever organize a referendum on Nato membership, Tadic said, pointing out that the assembly has adopted a resolution on Serbia's military neutrality.