[AA] > There's an iteresting article in the Herald at > http://www.smh.com.au/news/9902/04/national/national10.html > about Reith's > support for a directly elected President. > > The interesting part? This: > > ---------------------------- > > The chairman of the Australian Republican Movement, Mr > Malcolm Turnbull, > played down the importance of the Reith opposition. "If Mr > Reith feels we > should move to an American system of Government, well he's entitled to > express that view. But you have to face two facts: it's not > on the ballot > paper in > November; secondly, it's highly improbable that it would ever > be on the ballot > paper." > > ---------------------------- > > In light of continual surveys showing that we (as a whole) > tend to support > a President we elect ourselves, does this not show absolute > contempt by the > ARM for the people they pretend to represent? > > This is pretty much what can be expected from Turnbull's jingoistic > flag-waving arguments so far, I guess, but why don't the > other republican > groups see it? > [LM] that sounds like it's almost the opposite of the stories that the Age in Melb have been carrying for the last couple of weeks. I can't give the article or a web link to it. But the basic theme has been that arch conservatives are going to run a vote "yes" campaign. On the basis that the referendum when defeated will not bury the republic issue. But rather will be a rejection of the ARM's model and thus a more radical model will be insisted upon by the people. This I believe 'correctly' demonstrates that the ARM have their heads in the sand if they think that the Australian people have any interest in giving parliament even more power. Luke ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
