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A four-part referendum was held in the Federated States of Micronesia on 1 July 1999. Voters were asked whether a constitutional convention should be called,〔(Federated States of Micronesia, 1 July 1999: Election of a Constitutional Convention ) Direct Democracy 〕 whether they approved of a proposal on the distribution of revenues from the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ),〔(Federated States of Micronesia, 1 July 1999: Distribution of revenues from the Exclusive Economic Zone ) Direct Democracy 〕 whether the amount of tax revenues distributed to the states should rise from 50% to 70%,〔(Federated States of Micronesia, 1 July 1999: Tax revenues to 70% for the states ) Direct Democracy 〕 and whether states should be given exclusive ownership of their natural resources.〔(Federated States of Micronesia, 1 July 1999: Individual states have exclusively on natural resources including marine ) Direct Democracy 〕 The latter three had originally been planned to be held alongside the parliamentary elections in March, but were postponed due to a lack of funds to print the ballot papers.〔〔〔 The referendum on holding a Constitutional Convention was held in accordance with Chapter XIV, Article 2 of the Constitution, which required a referendum every 10 years on convening a Convention.〔 It required only a simple majority in favour.〔 The other three referendums were all popular initiatives, and required 75% of voters to vote in favour in at least three of the four states.〔〔〔 The question on the EEZ proposed inserting a new article 23 in Chapter IX of the constitution:〔 The question on natural resources proposed inserting a new article 2 to Chapter I:〔 ==Results== The proposal to hold a Constitutional Convention was approved by voters,〔 whilst the other three proposals were rejected.〔〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Micronesian referendum, 1999」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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