Antis claim right to propose Osaka casino referendum

An anti-casino community group in Japan’s Osaka metropolis said on Monday it had passed the 2-percent threshold of “effective” local-voter signatures necessary to seek a referendum on the effort of Osaka (pictured) to get a integrated resort (IR), according to information collated by GGRAsia’s Japan correspondent.

On June 6, the group had announced it had collected 208,552 signatures and submitted them to Osaka prefecture’s Election Administration Commission to verify their legitimacy.

The group said on Monday the commission had subsequently verified that at least 146,472 of them – the 2-percent threshold of local voters – were genuine.

On that basis, Osaka prefecture’s governor, Hirofumi Yoshimura, would be expected to present a draft of an ordinance at the prefectural assembly to implement such a referendum, with his opinion on the matter included with it.

On June 6, Mr Yoshimura had indicated he did not think a referendum on the IR topic was necessary.

Source: https://www.ggrasia.com/antis-claim-right-to-propose-osaka-casino-referendum/