Description and analysis of the main cause that led to the invalidation of the referendum concerning the restart of mining activity at Roşia Montană

EasyChair Preprint no. 2011

Abstract

In order to implement the gold and silver mining project in Roșia Montană, Roșia Montană Gold Corporation (RMGC) adopted the strategy of glocalisation in its interaction with the local community; as part of the same strategy, the referendum to restart mining in the Apuseni region was also conducted. The article presents, based on the data analysis technique, the results of the referendum, while also identifying the main causes of its invalidation. Among the causes referred to below, the disregard of the concentric circles model and the exaggerated extension of the areas (the localities) where the referendum was organized emerge as prominent. The consultation of the population from certain localities in Alba county was organized on the same day with the parliamentary elections of December 9, 2012. Even though the proportion of population who wanted to restart mining was a significant one (62.45%), the referendum was invalidated due to the non-quorum (i.e. the presence of 50% + 1 of the number of citizens registered on the electoral lists). Based on defining the five concentric zones, this paper demonstrateshow increasing distance from Roșia Montană influenced the presence at voting. At the same time, thearticle looks at number of "yes" or "no" answers, in relation to specific areas, as well as at the difference between the presence at the referendum and the presence at the parliamentary elections, also taking into account the conditions of a snow and blizzard yellow code.

Keyphrases: mining sector, Referendum, Roșia Montană, the model of concentric circles

@Booklet{EasyChair:2011,
  author = {Bogdan-Nicolae Mucea},
  title = {Description and analysis of the main cause that led to the invalidation of the referendum concerning the restart of mining activity at Roşia Montană},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 2011},

  year = {EasyChair, 2019}}