Liechtenstein on the verge of anti-monarchist revolution




Under the influence of the worldwide revolutionary hysteria staggered thrones of European monarchs. PoshSpace antimonarchist talked about the mood in the UK and the Netherlands. In a quiet affluent Liechtenstein brewing their own revolution. Residents of the country want democracy, therefore, started a national referendum to change the constitution and to reason with Prince Hans-Adam II. Most European monarchies are limited and often does symbolic. However, the Liechtenstein authorities on the device resembles the absolutist regimes of the Persian Gulf. Prince nepodsuden any court in the country, he has the right to disperse the parliament, and in the interpretation of the laws of the last word for the supreme ruler. Most importantly, the monarch can veto any decision - not even for the majority of citizens who would vote in a referendum. Remarkably, the historically absolutism was not peculiar dwarf principality, and appeared less than a decade ago. Details of the story - with a pig's head on the door of the opposition - can be read in "Elephant". But citizens are tired tolerate tyranny Hans-Adam II, and organized a referendum to limit his powers. To begin with - to the governor's voice was not raised above the results of the popular vote. In response, the prince has promised to cancel the results of the forthcoming referendum, its despotic veto. And if people will continue to buzz - would go to Austria with his financial group LGT, which manages almost half of all placed in the Principality of assets - about $ 100 billion.