Legislator Huang, meanwhile, worried that the impact of the law's implementation could be much more serious than the government thinks, and citizens might want to hold a referendum over all kinds of issues once introduced.
He suggests that the law should be implemented from the local level and that citizens would require proper education as to the gravity of referenda so that they would learn how to exercise the right without abusing it.
The worries of possible changes on the nation's territory, formal title and national anthem are the main obstructions to the draft's ratification. Its similarity to the so-called referendum law is another issue for the both legislative and administrative departments not to push for the law's legislation.
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