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1Nuclear Opponents in Taiwan Work to Change ‘Unfair’ Referendum LawMiasa Hanova Ny Lalànan'ny Fitsapa-Kevi-Bahoaka ‘Tsy Ara-dRariny’ Ny Mpanohitra Ny Nokleary
2Lawmakers exchanged punches in Taiwan's parliament on August 2, 2013 ahead of a vote on whether or not to hold a referendum on the island's controversial fourth nuclear plant.Nifamely totohondry ny mpanao lalàna tao amin'ny parlemantan'i Taiwan tamin'ny 2 Aogositra 2013 nialoha ny andatsaham-bato hanaovana fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka amin'ny fananganana toby nokleary fahaefatra izay mampiady hevitra fatratra.
3The plant, which has been under construction for more than a decade, is a divisive issue for Taiwan and has been met with large-scale protests because of safety concerns.Ny toby, izay efa am-polony taona izao no nananganana azy ary efa nampisara-kevitra ny tao Taiwan, dia notsenain'ny fihetsiketseha-panoherana goavana noho ny fanahiana hisian'ny fanohintohinana ny fiainana andavanandro.
4The next round of debate regarding the referendum controversy [zh] will take place on August 6, 2013.Hotontosaina amin'ny 6 aogositra 2013 ny dingana manaraka iadian-kevitra momba ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka mampiady hevitra [zh] 2013.
5Legislators from the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will continue to try to delay the vote, while ruling party Kuomingtang wants to pass the referendum by end of August.Miezaka ny mampihemotra hatrany ny fandatsaham-bato ny mpanao lalàna avy ao amin'ny Antokom-Pandrosoana Demokraty (DPP) raha te-handany ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka mialoha ny hahataperan'ny volana aogositra ny avy ao amin'ny antoko mitondra Kuomingtang.
6The question of letting the people vote on the plant's fate has thrust Taiwan's tough referendum requirements into the spotlight.Mampitodika ny sain'ny besinimaro ny resaka famelana ny olona hiditra amin'ny fanatontosana referandaoma sarotra ao Taiwan handatsa-bato amin'ny ho avin'ilay tobim-pamokarana nokleary.
7Lawmakers from the DPP oppose a referendum, calling the mechanism unfair.Manohitra ny referandaoma ny mpanao lalàna avy amin'ny DPP, milaza ny fomba fanao ho tsy ara-drariny.
8The Referendum Act in Taiwan, which was was passed [zh] in November 2003, requires 50 percent of voters to participate in the referendum or else the proposal in the referendum will be rejected.Ny lalàna momba ny Referandaoma ao Taiwan, izay nolaniana [zh] tamin'ny Novambra 2003, dia mitaky ny 50 isan-jaton'ny mpifidy handray anjara amin'ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka fa raha tsy izany dia hotsipahina izay volavola holaniana amin'ilay fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka.
9In the last ten years, six national referendums have been proposed, but none of them was passed.Tao anatin'ny folo taona dia enina ny referandaoma notontosaina fa tsy nisy lany ireo rehetra ireo.
10As the act requires a referendum to meet the participation threshold of half of the electorate, even if the majority of the voters reach a consensus, the referendum will become invalid.Koa satria moa mitaky ny fandraisana anjaran'ny atsasaky ny mpifidy voasoratra anarana ho fetra farany ambany ny lalàna momba ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka, dia tsy hanankery ny referandaoma na dia hahazo ny marimaritra iraisan'ny mpifidy aza.
11Since the voting rate in Taiwan is about 75 percent, the mobilization of 30 percent of voters to boycott the referendum will override a consensus reached by a majority of the voters.Koa satria tokotokony ho 75 isan-jato ny tahan'ny fandraisana anjara fandrotsaham-bato any Taiwan, ny fihetsehan'ny 30 isan-jaton'ny mpifidy hanao ankivy ny referandaoma no ho ambonin'ny marimaritra iraisan'ny maro an'isan'ny mpifidy.
12Protesters demonstrated outside the Legislative Yuan against the fourth nuclear plant and the referendum.Mpanao fihetsiketsehana manohitra ny fananganana tobim-pamokaraka nokleary fahaefatra sy ny referandaoma eo an-tokotanin'ny Fanaovan-dalàna Yuan.
13Photo taken by 陳逸婷, coolloud.org. Non-commercial use.Saripika noraisin'i 陳逸婷, coolloud.org. tsy azo ampiasaina amin'ny resaka hahazoana vola (ara-barotra).
14For example, in 2004 two referendums [zh] did not pass even though more than 90 percent of the voters had reached a consensus.Ohatra, fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka roa[zh] tamin'ny 2004 na dia nahazo ny marimaritra iraisana aza ny 90 isan-jaton'ny mpifidy.
15The first one was on whether Taiwan should acquire more advanced anti-missile weapons if mainland China refuses to withdraw the missiles it has targeted on Taiwan.Ny voalohany moa miresaka raha toa ka tokony hividy fitaovam-piadiana enti-manohitra balafomanga i Taiwan raha mandà tsy hanaisotra ny balafomanga atodika ao Taiwan i Shina Tanibe.
1645.17 percent of the electorate went to vote, and 91.8 percent of them voted yes.45,17 isan-jato no nandeha nifidy ary 91,8 isan-jato no nanao eny.
17The second referendum was on whether the Taiwanese government should engage in negotiations with China on President Chen's proposed “peace and stability” framework for cross-strait interactions.Ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka faharoa indray manontany raha tokony hiditra fifampiraharahana amin'i Shina ny fitondrana Taiwaney amin'ny tolo-kevitry ny filoha Chen amin'ny alalan'ny karaza-piaraha-miasa “fandriampahalemana sy fitoniana”.
1845.12 percent of the electorate went to vote, and 92.05 percent of them voted no.45,12 isanjaton'ny voasoratra anarana no nandeha nifidy ary 92,05 amin'izy ireo no nanao tsia.
19Both of them failed to pass. In short, passing a referendum is more difficult than winning a presidential election in Taiwan.Samy tsy lany izy roa ireo. Raha fehezina, sarotra ny mampandany referandaoma noho ny fahazoana fandresena amin'ny fifidianana filoham-pirenena ao Taiwan.
20Lin Yi-Hsiung, a member of DPP and a devoted advocate against nuclear power since 1989, is currently working on amendment to the Referendum Act, described [zh] why the current Referendum Act cannot reflect the opinions of the citizens:Miasa mafy ho amin'ny fanitsiana momba ny lalànan'ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka io amin'izao fotoana izao i Lin Yi-Hsiung, mpikambana ao amin'ny DPP sy mavitrika misolovava amin'ny fanoherana ny hery nokleary hatramin'ny 1989, mamelabelatra [zh] ny antony tsy ahitana taratra ny hevitry ny olom-pirenena amin'ny lalàna momba ny referandaoma ankehitriny:
21Kuomintang [the dominant party in the Legislation Yuan], which is used to autocracy, wanted to suppress people's power through highly unreasonable and strict rules when they put forward the Referendum Act in 2003.Ny Kuomintang [antoko mahazo vahana ao amin'ny fanaovan-dalàna Yuan], izay zatra ny mandidididy, no nitady hanafoana ny fahefam-bahoaka amin'ny alalan'ny fametrahana lalàna henjana sy tsy misy antony ara-pisainana raha nandroso ny lalàna momba ny referandaoma ry zareo tamin'ny 2003.
22It is almost impossible for citizen to initiate and pass a referendum according to the Act. In the past ten years, only the president and the two major parties, Kuomingtang and the Democratic Progressive Party, are able to propose a referendum, and none of them passed.Tsy ho vitan'ny olom-pirenena velively ny hampiditra sy handany fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka raha arahina ilay lalàna. Tao anatin'ny folo taona farany, ny filoha sy ny antoko roa matanjaka ihany, ny Kuomingtang sy ny Antokom-Pandrosoana Demokraty, no afaka manolotra volavolan-dalàna hampanao referandaoma, ary tsy nisy lany hatramin'izay.
23We are convinced that this Referendum Act is designed to avoid referendum.Resy lahatra izahay fa io lalàna momba ny referandaoma io dia natao hialàna amin'ny referandaoma.
24If we have a referendum based on the current Referendum Act, it would either become a political game played by the politicians or turn into a joke that turns citizens into fools.Miatrika fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka mifototra amin'ny lalàna momba ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka ankehitriny isika, lasa lalao politika lalaovin'ny mpanao politika izy ity na lasa kivazivazy manadala ny olom-pirenena.
25That's why after the current Referendum Act was passed, the organization I joined for advocating the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant Referendum did not talk about referendum anymore.Izany no antony rehefa nolaniana ny lalàna momba ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka amin'izao fotoana izao, tsy niresaka momba ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka intsony ny fikambanana miaro ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka momba ny fananganana ny tobim-pamokarana angovo nokleary fahaefatra nidirako.
26Instead, we ask to amend the Referendum Act. If the Referendum Act is not amended, the referendum itself does not make any sense.Ny notakianay dia ny hanitsiana ny lalàna momba ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka. Raha tsy misy ny fanitsiana ny lalànan'ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka, tsy misy dikany ilay fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka.
27As a result of the unreasonably high threshold for passing a referendum, the advocates of a referendum prefer the wording of the question to be against their own position.Noho ny maha-avo loatra ny fetra ambany indrindra handaniana ny referandaoma, dia aleon'ny mpiaro ny hanaovana referandaoma, manao fanontaniana mifanohitra amin'ny hevitra ijoroany.
28For example, considering the dispute of the fourth nuclear power plant, the government and the ruling party prefer the question to be set as, “Do you want to stop the construction of the fourth nuclear power plant?”Ohatra, noho ny fifandirana momba ny fananganana tobim-pamokarana nokleary fahaefatra dia naleon'ny governemanta sy ny antoko mitondra manao ny fanontaniana ho tahaka izao, “Tianao ve ny hampitsaharana ny fananganana ny tobim-pamokarana angovo nokleary fahaefatra?”
29On the other hand, the opposition party prefers the referendum question to be set as, “Do you want to continue the construction of the fourth nuclear power plant?”.Etsy ankilan'izany ny antoko mpanohitra te-hanao ny fanontaniana ho tahaka izao, “Tianao ve ny hanohizana ny fananganana ny tobim-pamokarana angovo nokleary fahaefatra?”.
30The wordplay in referendum questions is not favorable to the opposition party because the government-appointed referendum committee holds the power to reject a referendum before it goes to the voting process.Tsy tsara ho an'ny antoko mpanohitra ny teny nolalaovina tamin'ny fomba fanontaniana ao amin'ny referandaoma noho ny fananan'ny komity misahana ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka notendren'ny governemanta fahefana hitsipaka ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka mialoha ny idirana amin'ny fombafombam-pandrotsaham-bato.
31For example, a referendum was proposed in 2009 regarding the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement.Ohatra, nisy volavolam-panaovana referandaoma tamin'ny 2009 miompana momba ny Fifanaraham-Piaraha-Miasa Ara-Toekarena Lasitra.
32The referendum was initiated by a joint-signature of more than 109,000 Taiwanese [zh] but eventually rejected by the referendum committee because the wording of the referendum question was against the referendum proposer's stand.Fanangona-tsonian'ny Taiwaney mihoatra ny 109.000 [zh] no nampiditra ny hanaovana ilay referandaoma saingy notsipahan'ny komity misahana ny referandaoma izany satria mifanohitra amin'ny foto-kevitra ijoroan'ny mpampiditra ny hanatontosana azy ny fomba nanoratana ny fanontaniana.
33Rehefa nampakatra Fitsarana Tampony ireo mpamolavola ny referandaoma dia nandidy ity rafi-pitsarana tampony ity fa tsy mifanaraka amin'ny fepetra takian'ny lalàna momba ny referandaoma tamin'ny 2012 ny fitsipahana nataon'ny komity misahana ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka.
34Ny farany fa tsy ny kely indrindra, ao amin'ny lalàna momba ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka ankehitriny ity, rehefa tsy lany ilay referandaoma dia tsy azo atolotra intsony ao anatin'ny valo taona manaraka ny fandrotsaham-bato momba izany.
35After the referendum proposer made an appeal to the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court ruled that the rejection issued by the referendum committee is not consistent with any requirements stated in the Referendum Act in 2012.Niahiahy [zh] fatratra momba ny fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka anontaniana momba ny tobim-pamokarana nokleary fahaefatra ny bilaogera Otto Hsu: Momba ny politika lehibe tahaka ny Tobim-Pamokarana Hery Nokleary 4, raha vao nampidirina ilay izy, ka tsy ijerena izay ho valiny, dia tsy afa-mamolavola fitsapa-kevi-bahoaka mitovy amin'izany intsony isika ao anatin'ny valo taona.
36Last but not least, in the current Referendum Act, if a referendum is not passed it cannot be proposed again for another eight years.Misy lafiny mahatsara izany famerana izany mba hitandroana ny fahamarinatoeran'ny politika raha mahazo ny vato ilaina [i.e., mihoatra ny atsasaky ny nisoratra anarana].
37Blogger Otto Hsu was [zh] very anxious about the fourth nuclear power plant referendum:Saingy, raha vitsy fotsiny no tonga mandrotsa-bato […] , ny valiny dia ny vitsy anisa manakana ny Taiwaney rehetra handroso volavola hitsapana ny hevi-bahoaka momba an'io ihany.
38This is unreasonable.Tsy mety izany.
39We need to amend the Act to solve this problem!Mila manitsy ny lalàna isika hamahana ity olana ity!
40(Or we should have a referendum for a new Referendum Act!).(Na tokony hampanao referandaoma hametrahana lalàna vaovao momba ny referandaoma!).