Sentence examples for provided for a referendum from inspiring English sources

That agreement provided for a referendum next January in which southern Sudan can choose secession.

A 1998 deal provided for a referendum on independence to be held by the end of 2018.

A ceasefire in 1991 provided for a referendum, but Morocco has since backed away from any vote that includes the option of independence, as Polisario demands.

The peace agreement provided for a referendum, scheduled to take place in January, in which southern Sudanese will decide whether to secede.

Moreover, the accord provided for a referendum in the south, to take place in or before January 2011, on whether that vast region should secede from the north, creating a brand-new independent country.But these planned elections have fallen victim to a general malaise that has permeated the CPA from the beginning.

The agreement also provided for a referendum in the south on independence in 2011, in which 99% of southern Sudanese voted to split from Sudan.

In 1985, an independent peer moved an amendment providing for a referendum on the London government bill, abolishing the Greater London council, while in 1993 Lord Blake Robert Blakeke, the Oxford constitutional historian – moved an amendment, supported by Lady Thatcher, providing for a referendum on the Maastricht treaty.

"We'll provide for a referendum to take place so that people in Wales can decide whether some of their income tax should be devolved, in the same way as it is in Scotland".

The draft bill provides for a referendum by 2017 on the question: "Do you think that the United Kingdom should remain a member of the European Union?" As the prime minister confirmed that he would have abstained in the latest Commons vote had he been in London, Cameron said he was demonstrating leadership on Europe, and blamed the Liberal Democrats for blocking a full government bill.

Its preoccupation with Isis and the broader Sunni Arab insurgency means that, at best, Arab Iraq can hope the Kurds will still settle the status of Kirkuk through Article 140 of the Iraqi constitution, which provides for a referendum on the status of the province.

The breakdown in negotiations, which would have provided for a June referendum to allow California voters to decide whether to extending current tax rates, transformed the districts' worst-case scenarios into impending reality.