All referendum votes have been counted: greater than half voted in opposition to inexperienced plans

59.1 p.c of Amsterdam residents who voted on town’s inexperienced plans indicated ‘in opposition to’. The town council will make a decision on the plans in simply over two weeks.

The initiators of the referendum responded yesterday enthusiasm to fly on the provisional outcomes, which additionally confirmed that 59.1 p.c had voted in opposition to it. After all Sonja Brilman could not consider it. “I had a bit imprecise feeling it may go both approach.”

The concern among the many pioneers was that not sufficient Amsterdammers would pop the query, which was already true. it was troublesome to attain, perceive. Now that every one the votes have been counted, evidently 59.1 p.c of Amsterdam residents voted in opposition to the proposed choice within the Foremost Inexperienced Construction. 34.7 p.c voted in favor and 6.2 p.c had been clean. 37.5 p.c of eligible residents of Amsterdam voted within the referendum, which is about ten share factors lower than the variety of voters for the European Parliament.

Accountable advisor Van Dantzig, who in the course of the election day nonetheless assured in regards to the outcome, congrats the starters already on Thursday night time social media, and he mentioned he would proceed to work ‘for a inexperienced city and reasonably priced housing’. He didn’t need to reply on digital camera about the results of the referendum.

What now?

However what occurs now {that a} majority have voted in opposition to the referendum? The member is within the court docket of the municipal council, which should contemplate the plans and keep in mind the referendum – which was not binding – within the choice. In line with the initiators, town council would ‘shoot themselves within the foot’ in the event that they had been to concentrate to the outcomes.

On the council assembly on June 26, town council should resolve whether or not to implement the proposed choice on the inexperienced plans, or whether or not Van Dantzig should return to the drafting board. AT5 is stay earlier than the assembly Consciousness of the Stopera to debate the inexperienced plans with council members.

On Sunday night after 11pm will probably be introduced how Amsterdam voted for the European Parliament.