Political scientist: “Ruisele can ignore the result of the referendum, but is that smart?”
“The residents knew that in advance: the result would not be binding. But is that a good idea? Maybe not. I think it will be important that the municipality involves the residents in the next steps of the merger process,” says Reynaert.
You can also interpret the figures in several ways, there is no rule. “The opposing party can pull the numbers right by looking at the results on the number of voters, But the majority party can justify the numbers by seeing them on the total number of inhabitants. But to say that the 60 percent is not come votes are all yes voters, that doesn’t seem right to me.”