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Please clarify 2nd & 3rd sentences!

Submitted by Evan Ravitz on October 1, 2008 - 1:06pm.

Joe, how can Swiss referendums (to reverse Parliament) be "successful" (2nd sentence) and also "approve a new law."(3rd sentence.)? Whcih is it? It seems the 3rd sentence is false. The people are DISapproving a new law.

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Please clarify 2nd & 3rd sentences!

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