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11-29-2008, 10:15 PM
In a referendum on greater autonomy leading to eventual independence, the people of Greenland, the world’s biggest island, voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday in favor of loosening their 300-year-old ties to Denmark, final results showed on Wednesday.
Hans Jakob Helms, a political adviser to the dominant political party in Greenland, said the ballot offered a “very clear answer” to the question of what Greenland’s people wanted their future to be.
The turnout was more than 70 percent and almost 76 percent of the voters were in favor. “The support was overwhelming,” Mr. Helms said in a telephone interview. The island has a population of 56,000, 90 percent of whom are native-born Inuits. Eligible voters numbered 39,000.
Mission Complete.
Hans Jakob Helms, a political adviser to the dominant political party in Greenland, said the ballot offered a “very clear answer” to the question of what Greenland’s people wanted their future to be.
The turnout was more than 70 percent and almost 76 percent of the voters were in favor. “The support was overwhelming,” Mr. Helms said in a telephone interview. The island has a population of 56,000, 90 percent of whom are native-born Inuits. Eligible voters numbered 39,000.
Mission Complete.