Final Tally Shows Poles Adopting New Constitution

From: The Washington Post | Date: May 27, 1997 | Copyright information

Poles voting in Sunday's nationwide referendum narrowly approved a new constitution to replace the country's communist-era charter, official results released late tonight showed.

The PAP news agency quoted the State Election Commission as saying that 52.71 percent of those voting Sunday backed the new constitution while 45.89 percent were opposed, with 1.4 percent of votes invalid. Forty-three percent of 28.3 million eligible voters took part.

The constitution, designed to enshrine Poland's democratic transformation since the fall of communism in 1989, was drafted by the ruling ...

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