state Para, Brazil's 2nd biggest state votes on 3-way split
Voters in the Amazonian state of Para trooped to the polls Sunday in a referendum to decide whether or not to split the nation's second biggest state in three, with latest polls suggesting victory for the no vote.
State media reported calm as federal army troops were deployed to help 6,700 police ensure security in key cities across the resource-rich territory.
Under the breakup plan, a truncated Para with Belem as its capital would be left with 17 percent of the territory but 64 percent of the population.
Tapajos, which would contain large protected indigenous and forest areas, would end up with nearly 59 percent the territory and only 15 percent of the population.
Speaking in the state capital Belem, the president of the Higher Electoral Tribunal, Ricardo Lewandowski, hailed the plebiscite as "an extremely important moment."
Under the referendum authorized by Congress in May, voters are being asked to reply to two questions: first whether or not to create a new state of Tapajos, then whether or not another state, Carajas, should be established.
Sources:
MSN Arabia
Voters in the Amazonian state of Para trooped to the polls Sunday in a referendum to decide whether or not to split the nation's second biggest state in three, with latest polls suggesting victory for the no vote.
State media reported calm as federal army troops were deployed to help 6,700 police ensure security in key cities across the resource-rich territory.
Under the breakup plan, a truncated Para with Belem as its capital would be left with 17 percent of the territory but 64 percent of the population.
Tapajos, which would contain large protected indigenous and forest areas, would end up with nearly 59 percent the territory and only 15 percent of the population.
Speaking in the state capital Belem, the president of the Higher Electoral Tribunal, Ricardo Lewandowski, hailed the plebiscite as "an extremely important moment."
Under the referendum authorized by Congress in May, voters are being asked to reply to two questions: first whether or not to create a new state of Tapajos, then whether or not another state, Carajas, should be established.
Sources:
MSN Arabia
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