칼렉시트“Calexit”!, 캘리포니아주, 분리독립 제안서 국무부에 제출 Officials announce proposal that would establish California as separate nation
Officials announce proposal that would establish California as separate nation
칼렉시트“Calexit”
영국의 브렉시트에서 파생되어 나온 말로 미 최대주인 캘리포니아의 독립을 의미한다.
지난 26일 캘리포니아주의 미국 분리독립을 위한 제안서가 목요일 국무장관에게 제출됐다
캘리포니아주는 20일 출범한 도널드 트럼프 행정부에 맞서 '전면전'을 각오하고 있다.
민주당이 장악한 주 정부와 의회가 기후변화를 비롯한 환경문제와 이민, 여성·인권, 선거권에 이르기까지 각종 정책에서 트럼프 행정부의 강경 드라이브에 맞서 독자 행보에 나설 채비를 갖추고 있다.
이를 놓고 트럼프 행정부 출범 후 연방정부와 지방정부 간 분쟁의 시발점이 될 것이라는 예상도 나오고 있다.
캘리포니아 주의 2015년 GDP(국내총생산)는 2조4천590억 달러(약 2천930조 원)다. 유럽의 경제 대국인 프랑스와 아시아의 신흥 강호로 떠오른 인도를 제치고 세계 6위의 규모다.
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Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor
January 27, 2017
A proposal for California to secede from the United States was submitted to the Secretary of State’s Office Thursday.
The proposed “Calexit” initiative - its name borrowed from the UK's "Brexit" departure from the EU - would ask voters to repeal part of the state constitution that declares California an inseparable part of the U.S.
A recent poll found that one in three California residents would support a possible secession from the U.S. due to their opposition to President Trump. No mention has been made of the president in the proposal.
If the proposal qualifies for the ballot and is approved by voters, it could be a step to a future vote on whether the state would break away from the rest of the nation.
source Infowars
edited by kcontents
Secretary of State Alex Padilla said the group behind the proposal, Yes California Independence Campaign, was cleared to begin attempting to collect nearly 600,000 voter signatures needed to place the plan on the ballot.
"In our view, the United States of America represents so many things that conflict with Californian values, and our continued statehood means California will continue subsidizing the other states to our own detriment, and to the detriment of our children," the Yes campaign's website says.
Similar attempts to establish California as a nation, or break it into multiple states, have failed.
The proposed constitutional amendment, titled California Nationhood, would also ask voters to repeal language that states the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law. If approved, it calls for scheduling a vote in 2019 to ask voters, "Should California become a free, sovereign and independent country?"
"America already hates California, and America votes on emotions," Marcus Evans, vice president of Yes California told the Los Angeles Times. "I think we'd have the votes today if we held it."
The campaign must submit the valid voter signatures by July 25 to qualify for the ballot.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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