Re:Venice votes 89% to secede from Italy
by ekianjo on Monday March 24, 2014 @09:47PM
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Well, on what grounds would he say that it is illegitimate? The UN principles (ratified by the US as well) say that they recognize the Right of people to be governed by themselves. And this is the basis of the creation of many smaller countries after WW2.
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I think the claims of illegitimacy had something to do with the fact that the vote took place under a military occupation.
Re:Venice votes 89% to secede from Italy
by flycaliguy on Monday March 24, 2014 @09:57PM
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From Wikipedia
"The available choices did not include keeping the status quo of Crimea and Sevastopol as they were at the moment the referendum was held. Many Western and Ukrainian commentators argued that both choices would result in de facto separation from Ukraine."
Under those principles, significant parts of Israel have the right to secede. Will the international community support the secession of East Jerusalem? So far as I can discern, the governing principles are more complex than just identifying a territory which will give majority support to a separation vote.
> the governing principles are more complex than just identifying a territory which will give majority support to a separation vote.
Certainly, I'm not saying it's simple. I'm just saying that it should not be called illegitimate, because even if it's not feasible technically speaking, it would still be legitimate based on UN principles.