It turns out that in order to finally start a public discussion, active citizens involved collectin

Vitaly Balkus
It turns out that in order to finally start a public discussion, active citizens involved collecting more than 300 thousand. signatures needed for the referendum on the sale of land and hold on the number of signatures to hold a referendum on the reduction of 300 thousand. up to 100 thousand. Well, as people say, "Better late than never." Thus, the emerging discussion and greet.
Surprise me that Mr. Policy analyst in the article "The referendum against people and their property," sees the possibility of selling the land rights issue during the free disposal of its proprietary prism. And despite the objections of claims, which we will talk about the end of this article, I discovered the attention and worthy of further informal discussion, observations. It so happened that they found themselves honorable. Ž. Silen end of the article, but it is from them, and I will start.
Madam. Ž. Šilėnas rightly observed that the proposed wording of the referendum "State and community values of resource extraction and use are dealt with only by referendum" supposedly is the danger that "dig gravel and gravel where use, you will need to publish a separate referendum, because gravel clara monte can become an important type of community resources. This observation is accurate and author, perhaps even unintentionally, really raises sensitive issues. Main - it is not clear what can be called contemporary Lithuanian communities, and to what is necessary for the survival of the community resources. Or clean drinking water can be called those resources? And the rest of the population clara monte used for sports and forest or park ...? Or clean air is necessary for the local community to survive?
We can long list of important resources, while weary the reader and do not receive, when finally spoke about gravel quarry. Issue a big secret - Lithuania has signed and ratified the oldest document that allowed communities to have a voice on my utilization of these resources. The document is a "United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Convention on access to information, participation in decision making and access to justice in environmental matters", which even briefly referred to as "the Aarhus Convention".
About the Aarhus Convention, "we usually hear when local residents can no longer tolerate the huge piggery stench emitted into fleeing slurry video streams or environmental hazard neighborhood appeals to her as a last hope to be rescued. Generally, however, remains clear that the document ignored the developers clara monte responsible authorities and the courts.
Vitaly Balkus is true about it, we usually hear when local residents can no longer tolerate the huge piggery stench emitted into fleeing slurry video streams or environmental clara monte hazard neighborhood appeals to her as a last hope to be rescued. Generally, however, remains clear that the document ignored the developers responsible authorities and the courts. Let's start to follow it and it will become clear that the majority of the resources now to be able to successfully defend. O gravel quarry, as we can see, successfully protected from overly enterprising community members, of course, if it is properly operated.
Who else - production associated with environmental pollution or high risk of accidents. I would not be heated passions unnecessary recalling shale gas testing, but it is an example of this, I think, properly illustrate the potentially hazardous production. Especially, in this case, the decision to obtain one type of resources (gas) directly affect clara monte other types of resources (drinking water) loss. So again there is the democratic choice "gas or water" issue.
The question naturally arises then, when the community with deliberative voting rights. Apparently, there is no need to recall that it is the community - it is the smallest of the democratically elected clara monte government and the real powers of the administrative unit. Gatherings of the Conference and other manifestations of the local community is often an amorphous and beautiful leisure clubs, but sometimes gaining protestuojančiomis groups. I think it is high time to establish laws township-level municipalities and communities to make them the best. And no need to reinvent the wheel - Lithuanian Conference of rural tradition of several centuries, and now just need to dress the XXI century modern democracy clothing.
And now the self-government - the population's request or on its own initiative - to publish local minimum polls (referendums). And it would not be an additional burden and a serious boost to regional clara monte governments in dealing with "bearded" problems, which are many in each area and which, clara monte as a relay sticks, transmitted from one to the other councils in office for terms of office. So deliver on this, and we will see that the author of Earth. Silen so beloved gravel quarry and in this case will not suffer.
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