Croatian constitutional referendum, 2013

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Croatian constitutional referendum, 2013
Are you in favor of the constitution of the Republic of Croatia being amended with a provision stating that marriage is matrimony between a woman and a man?
Location Croatia
Date1 December 2013
Results
Votes%
Yes check.svgYes946,43366.28%
X mark.svgNo481,53433.72%
Valid votes1,427,96799.43%
Invalid or blank votes8,1960.57%
Total votes1,436,163100.00%
Registered voters/turnout3,791,00037.88%
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Campaign poster calling to vote 'For'. Translation: Every child needs a mom and a dad! Referendum2013.JPG
Campaign poster calling to vote 'For'. Translation: Every child needs a mom and a dad!
Campaign poster calling to vote 'Against'. Translation: I vote against! Glasam protiv lat.svg
Campaign poster calling to vote 'Against'. Translation: I vote against!

A constitutional referendum was held in Croatia on 1 December 2013. The proposed amendment to the constitution would define marriage as being a union between a man and a woman, which would create a constitutional prohibition against same-sex marriage. [1] 37.9% of eligible voters voted. After processing all of the ballots, the State Election Commission announced that 65.87% voted yes, 33.51% no and 0.57% of ballots were disregarded as invalid. [2]

Croatia Republic in Central Europe

Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Montenegro to the southeast, sharing a maritime border with Italy. Its capital, Zagreb, forms one of the country's primary subdivisions, along with twenty counties. Croatia has an area of 56,594 square kilometres and a population of 4.28 million, most of whom are Roman Catholics.

Constitution of Croatia

The Constitution of the Republic of Croatia is promulgated by the Croatian Parliament.

Same-sex marriage is the marriage of two persons of the same sex or gender, entered into in a civil or religious ceremony.

Contents

The referendum was called after a conservative organization U ime obitelji (“On Behalf of the Family”) gathered more than 700,000 signatures in May 2013 demanding a referendum on the subject. [1] The initiative was supported by conservative political parties, the Catholic Church as well as by several other faith groups. The ruling left-wing coalition opposed the amendment along with numerous human rights organizations[ citation needed ] and the majority of the Croatian media.[ citation needed ]

Political background

A petition in favor of the change was organized by a Catholic citizens' group 'On Behalf of the Family' (U ime obitelji) and collected over 700,000 signatures by May 2013. [1] The initiative was a reaction to the government's proposal to legalize same-sex partnership. [3] The referendum was approved following a vote in the Sabor on 8 November in which 104 of the 151 MPs voted in favor of holding a referendum. [1]

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The group Citizens Voting Against was formed from 88 civil society organizations (led GONG, Center for Peace Studies and Zagreb Pride), [4] supported by numerous public persons, film actors and actresses, academics, activists and politicians, including media such as Novi list and Jutarnji list and musicians, such as Severina, Dubioza kolektiv, Let 3, Hladno pivo, TBF and others.

GONG is a non-governmental organization from Croatia that oversees elections in Croatia.

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<i>Novi list</i> Croatian daily newspaper published in Rijeka

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The Vote Against campaign claimed that the public faces of the initiative Željka Markić, Krešimir Planinić, Krešimir Miletić, Ladislav Ilčić, as well as members of their families, were simultaneously leaders of the referendum effort and candidates of the right wing political party HRAST. [5] The Vote Against and the broader coalition of civil society organizations, Platform 112, claimed that the bank account listed on 'On behalf of the Family' web site does not belong to the initiative but an ad-hoc registered association Građani odlučuju ("The citizens decide") which was founded by the Vice-president of HRAST Krešimir Miletić. [6]

Željka Markić was furthermore criticized by opponents for allegedly being a member of the controversial Catholic organization Opus Dei. [7]

Opus Dei Personal Prelature of the Catholic Church

Opus Dei, formally known as the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, is an institution of the Catholic Church which teaches that everyone is called to holiness and that ordinary life is a path to sanctity. The majority of its membership are lay people; the remainder are secular priests under the governance of a prelate elected by specific members and appointed by the Pope. Opus Dei is Latin for "Work of God"; hence the organization is often referred to by members and supporters as the Work.

Constitutionality of the referendum question

Voters were asked the question:

"Are you in favor of the constitution of the Republic of Croatia being amended with a provision stating that marriage is matrimony between a woman and a man?"

After the initiative gathered enough signatures to hold a referendum, it was widely speculated that the referendum would still not be held. The political willingness in the Sabor to call a referendum was uncertain given that a left-wing coalition which opposed the proposed amendment held a majority of the seats.

However, in a session held on 8 November, the Sabor voted to call a national referendum, with 104 votes in favour, 13 against and five abstentions. [8] A former Prime Minister and an independent MP Jadranka Kosor proposed that the request for the review of constitutionality of the referendum be submitted to the Constitutional Court. However, the two largest parties, the HDZ and SDP, did not embrace the proposal and it was rejected by 75 votes against and 39 in favour. [8] The only political party of the ruling coalition that supported the constitutional review was the HNS. [8]

After a two-day session, on 14 November the Constitutional Court of Croatia announced that there is no reason to over-rule the parliamentary vote on the referendum. The judges emphasized that the constitutionality of the referendum itself was not considered, because they believed that the Sabor had expressed its legal willingness to deem the referendum question compliant with the Constitution. However, they further emphasized that any possible amendment to the Constitution that defined marriage as a union of man and woman could not affect further development of the legal framework of the institution of extramarital and same-sex unions. [9] The Constitutional Court did not rule on the constitutionality of the referendum because it was not officially requested to do so by the Croatian Parliament. [9]

The judges were divided in opinion on whether the Constitutional Court should review the constitutionality of the referendum. Several of them pointed out that the Constitutional Court must give a statement on what the constitutional definition of marriage means for the position of LGBT minorities in Croatia. Others explained that the Constitutional Court did not need to respond to citizen proposals, because only the Sabor had the right to request a review of the constitutionality of the referendum question, but which it has refused to do when making the decision to call a referendum. [9]

Campaign

The Prime Minister Zoran Milanović told HRT that he would vote against the proposal. [1] President Ivo Josipović called the referendum unnecessary, without practical political consequences regardless of the outcome, and a waste of taxpayer money. [10] The president furthermore commented that marriage has already been defined in Croatian law as a union of man and woman, but that the referendum question has a strong psychological effect with an underlying discriminatory message. [10]

If successful, this will only strengthen the message that we are not willing to accept diversity, that we want to stop throughout the democratic world a clear process of equalization of rights of all people, regardless of their different personal characteristics, in particular their sexual orientation

— Ivo Josipović [10]

Tomislav Karamarko, leader of the conservative Croatian Democratic Union said he would vote in favor. Four other parties in the Parliament also supported the referendum; [11] in total 104 of 151 members of the Croatian Parliament supported it. [12]

Jutarnji list , one of the country's two largest newspapers, announced it would openly endorse the campaign against the amendment. [13] A similar statement was later made by Novi list . [14]

The Croatian Bishops' Conference called for Croatian Catholics to vote in favour of the constitutional amendment. [15] Representatives from the Croatian Bishops' Conference, the Serbian Orthodox Church, the Macedonian Orthodox Church, the Reformed Christian (Calvinist) Church, the Baptist Union of Croatia, the Evangelical Pentecostal Church, the Bet Israel Jewish Community and the Mesihat of Croatia issued a joint statement in support of the referendum on 12 November. [16] However, the Croatian Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Jewish Community of Zagreb opposed the proposed amendment. [17] The Rabbinical Center of Europe has written a statement in support of the referendum and the civil initiative 'On behalf of the family', saying they were "very disturbed at reports that some have compared this pro-marriage initiative with the Nazi regime and the ideology of fascism". [18]

Cardinal Josip Bozanić encouraged support for the amendment in a letter that was read in churches where he singled out heterosexual marriage as being the only kind of union that is capable of biologically producing children. [12]

If marriage is a union between a woman and a man, then it is not the same as other types of unions. The Church does not promote any kind of discrimination when it backs that definition of marriage. On the contrary, we can say that the danger exists today of marriage itself being discriminated against, by presenting it as something that it cannot be. The Church wants to preserve marriage and wants the definition of it be clearly spelled out, so that the institution of marriage and the institution of family are preserved for future generations. The Church is therefore not against anyone, it is open for dialogue with everyone, but wants to make it clear that some things can not be made equal. We respect everyone's opinions, but we want the institution of marriage and family, which is imperiled by societal developments today, to be guarded for the future of the Croatian people and a good in all of us.

— Josip Bozanić [19]

Bozanić repeatedly called the issue of marriage naming a serious issue for country's future and reiterated the viewpoint that it is not Church's intent to discriminate against anybody, but only to "preserve what we already have". [20] He remarked that the referendum was an opportunity for Christians to practically manifest their fate by voting yes, by respecting God's intent and serving the Truth. [21] He echoed his previous statements that marriage and family are not a private affair of the individual which they can shape as they see fit, but are of wider social significance and must not be experimented upon. [22]

Media portrayal

The initiative and their goals were generally unfavorably reported by the mainstream Croatian media.

On the day of the referendum the initiative decided to forbid access to their headquarters to the journalists belonging to a group of selected media whom the initiative accused of bias, unprofessionalism and plagiarism. [23] Among these were the Croatian Radiotelevision, the public broadcasting company, the most visited Croatian Internet portals Index.hr, Net.hr and T-portal, as well as all of the publications by Europapress Holding and Novi list. [23] The initiative required of all of the journalists to submit their cell phone numbers, their home addresses, e-mail addresses as well as the name and e-mail address of their editors. This was strongly denounced by the Croatian Journalists' Association who invited all of the media to boycott the coverage of initiative on the referendum day, and emphasized the potential for the abuse of private information.

In the last few weeks we have seen a number of anonymous vulgar letters sent to respected journalists in which they are being insulted and threatened by unknown persons, and obvious semi-fascists, simply because of their position on the issue. We believe that this kind of discrimination of journalists announced by the initiative "On behalf of the family" is hitherto unprecedented in Croatia.

— Zdenko Duka, president of the Croatian Journalists' Association [24]

All of the major Croatia media have responded to the call and in solidarity with the banned journalists have completely boycotted the coverage of the initiative. [25]

Opinion polls

A poll conducted in June 2013 revealed that 55.3% of Croats support the changes, while 31.1% said they were opposed. [26]

Another poll from November revealed that 54.3% of respondents will vote for the proposal and 33.6% against. 12.1% of respondents said they were not sure. The same poll revealed that 85.7% of HDZ voters and 39.5% of SDP voters support the proposed amendment. [27]

A poll published by HRT two days before the vote showed that 59% of respondents would vote for the proposal, 31% against and 10% did not answer. [28]

Results

Results by county Croatian constitutional referendum 2013-en.svg
Results by county
Results by municipality, showing the option with the majority of votes in each municipality of Croatia For Against Croatian constitutional referendum 2013.png
Results by municipality, showing the option with the majority of votes in each municipality of Croatia
  For  Against

After processing all of the ballots, the State Election Commission announced that 65.87% voted yes, 33.51% no and 0.57% of ballots were disregarded as invalid. 37.9% of eligible voters have voted. [2]

Pula, Rijeka, Varaždin and Čakovec were the only large cities, and Istria county and Primorje-Gorski Kotar County were the only counties where the majority of the voters voted no. [29] The counties most supportive of changes were in the Croatian South: Šibenik-Knin, Split-Dalmatia, Dubrovnik-Neretva, and Brod-Posavina. [29] This relative polarization of results between Croatian North and South has been interpreted by sociologists as closely connected to economic indicators as well as the extent to which the regions were affected by the war in the 1990s. [29] In the capital Zagreb, 43.5% of voters voted no, which was interpreted as the capital being an amalgam of "largely incompatible tendencies". [29]

Statistical analysis by electoral units has also indicated a strong correlation to political choices, with regions whose citizens voted for right-wing parties generally voting in favor of the referendum, while regions who voted for the left-wing coalition were largely against the referendum - albeit with many exceptions. [30]

Croatian constitutional referendum, 2013
ChoiceVotes%
Yes check.svg Yes946,43365.87
No481,53433.51
Valid votes1,428,63999.43
Invalid or blank votes8,1960.57
Total votes1,436,835100.00
Registered voters and turnout3,787,01737.90

By county

CountyElectorateTurnout%For%Against%Invalid%
Bjelovar-Bilogora 101,94332,10231.48%22,53970.21%9,37729.21%1830.57%
Brod-Posavina 141,31846,88033.17%37,40979.80%9,18319.59%2740.58%
Dubrovnik-Neretva 108,56044,46140.96%34,28677.11%9,86022.18%3090.70%
Istria 188,84559,48331.50%24,42741.07%34,63458.23%4020.68%
Karlovac 117,38341,65835.49%28,63368.73%12,73330.57%2860.69%
Koprivnica-Križevci 95,27230,94432.48%21,23268.61%9,55230.87%1600.52%
Krapina-Zagorje 109,52933,12930.25%23,75471.70%9,14727.61%2250.68%
Lika-Senj 47,64512,00525.20%9,54479.50%2,37919.82%820.68%
Međimurje 95,99629,65730.89%16,13854.42%13,32944.94%1840.62%
Osijek-Baranja 263,07389,99134.21%64,07871.20%25,43728.27%4400.49%
Požega-Slavonia 68,36423,87934.93%18,82878.85%4,88620.46%1650.69%
Primorje-Gorski Kotar 268,98195,73535.59%44,17846.15%51,02853.30%5020.52%
Sisak-Moslavina 155,92946,74929.98%32,04668.55%14,41330.83%2820.60%
Split-Dalmatia 405,274176,71243.60%137,28177.69%38,34321.70%1,0150.57%
Šibenik-Knin 106,40535,36033.23%26,21674.14%8,91525.21%2190.62%
Varaždin 146,01150,22634.40%30,88561.49%18,98537.80%3370.67%
Virovitica-Podravina 73,29623,33731.84%17,38074.47%5,80624.88%1480.63%
Vukovar-Srijem 160,27849,67030.99%40,12880.79%9,22618.57%3010.61%
Zadar 165,57255,92233.78%42,34275.72%13,16923.59%4080.73%
Zagreb County 271,178107,81439.76%75,27469.82%31,92729.61%5640.52%
City of Zagreb 686,646337,63949.17%188,75755.90%146,85943.50%1,6610.49%
Voting abroad -13,482-11,07882.17%2,34617.40%490.36%
TOTAL3,791,0001,436,83537.90%946,43365.87%481,53433.51%8,1960.57%
Source: State Election Committee

Reactions

Negative reactions

The Prime Minister Zoran Milanović rejected accusations by civic initiatives that the government was complicit in calling the referendum. [31] Milanović pointed out that the referendum was allowed by the constitution, that it is in no way related to the government, and no way does it change the existing definition of marriage according to Croatian laws. He further announced the upcoming enactment of the Law on Partnership, which will enable same-sex persons to form a lifetime partnership union. [31] [32] Such a union will share the same rights as that of marriage proper, apart from the fact that gay couples will not be able to adopt children, though they will be allowed to have custody of them. [32]

Vesna Pusić, the First Deputy Prime Minister, also rejected accusations on government's responsibility, commenting that the referendum is result of an omission, when the threshold of 50 percent voter turnout was abolished to pass the 2012 EU membership referendum. [31] Pusić contended that the threshold had protected certain groups from discrimination by a minority, but care was not taken to specifically exempt human, civil and minority rights from being the subject of referendum questions. [31]

Hannes Swoboda, the President of the European Socialists, said that he "was deeply disappointed because he saw Croatia as an open and advanced society, and not as a country which prohibits happiness and equal rights". [33]

Positive reactions

Hungary's ruling Christian Democratic People's Party (KDNP) welcomed the results, which cheered the approval of partnership based on "the order of nature" and the affirmation of marriage "in the Christian sense". [34] According to the KDNP, it is the victory of the "European Christian values". [35]

The Rabbinical Centre of Europe issued a statement that it was disturbed by comparisons between the initiative and the Nazi regime and totalitarian fascism, and that such statements were inappropriate and insulting to the memory of millions of their victims. [36]

Croatian bishop Vlado Košić described the government official's opposition to the referendum as shocking, unacceptable and undemocratic, emphasizing that Croats are Catholic people, cherishing traditions by which they have lived for centuries. [37] He accused the government of atheizing the population, being eager to erase their traditional values, and has called for their resignation. [37]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Croatia to hold referendum on same-sex marriage ban BBC News, 8 November 2013
  2. 1 2 State Election Commission of the Republic of Croatia, Preliminary unofficial results of the national referendum
  3. ↑ Lajla Veselica (1 December 2013) Croatia rejects gay marriage in referendum Yahoo. Retrieved 2 December 2013
  4. ↑ Obrazac za objavu podataka o izvoru sredstava i visini troškova referendumske promidžbe (PDF)
  5. ↑ Iza 'U ime obitelji' skriva se stranka još opasnijih namjera [In the Name of the Family is a public face of even more dangerous political party]
  6. ↑ Platforma 112: 'Iza inicijative 'U ime obitelji' stoji Hrast' [Platform 112: HRAST is behind the initiative U ime obitelji]
  7. ↑ Željka Markić odbila odgovoriti pripadali li Opusu Dei: Nije pristojno nekoga pitati koje je duhovnosti unutar Crkve [Zeljka Markić refused to answer whether she is a member of Opus Dei: It is not polite to Church spirituality they belong to]
  8. 1 2 3 Sabor donio odluku o raspisivanju referenduma! [Parliament adopted a decision on the referendum!]
  9. 1 2 3 Evo zašto je Ustavni sud dopustio referendum o braku [Here's why the Constitutional Court allowed the referendum on marriage]
  10. 1 2 3 Josipović: Ovaj referendum već ima jak psihološki efekt [Josipovic: This referendum already has a strong psychological effect]
  11. ↑ Michael Trimmer (23 November 2013) Gay marriage referendum to go ahead in Croatia Christian Today. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  12. 1 2 "Croatians back same-sex marriage ban in referendum". BBC. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  13. ↑ ODLUKA UREDNIŠTVA Jutarnji donira oglasni prostor građanima ugroženima referendumom Jutarnji list, 9 November 2013
  14. ↑ Mi smo PROTIV Novi list, 16 November 2013
  15. ↑ Podupiremo referendum za brak jer time želimo zaštiti najslabije u našem društvu [We support a referendum for marriage because it wants to protect the weakest in our society]
  16. ↑ Zajednička izjava visokih predstavnika vjerskih zajednica u Hrvatskoj [Joint statement by top representatives of faith communities in Croatia]
  17. ↑ Luteranska crkva protiv referenduma o braku [Lutheran Church against a referendum on marriage]
  18. ↑ Statement by the Rabbinical Centre of Europe (RCE) Regarding the Referendum in Croatia (PDF)
  19. ↑ "Bozanić: Brak je u opasnosti da bude diskriminiran" [Bozanić: Marriage is in danger of being discriminated against]. Index.hr.
  20. ↑ "Bozanić: Nikome ne oduzimamo prava, samo želimo zaštiti brak trans" [Bozanic: We're not depriving anyone of their rights, we just want to protect the marriage], Index.hr, 24 November 2013, retrieved 6 October 2014
  21. ↑ Bozanić: Referendumom se ne ide protiv nikoga [Bozanić: referendum is not going against anyone in particular]
  22. ↑ Kardinal Bozanić: Brak nije ničija privatna stvar [Cardinal Bozanić: Marriage is not one's private affair]
  23. 1 2 U ime obitelji zabranio pristup medijima, HND pozvao na bojkot [U ime obitelji have forbidden access to the media, HND called for a boycott]
  24. ↑ "Cenzura! Željka Markić zabranila Indexu i dijelu medija izvještavanje! HND poziva: Bojkotirajte "U ime obitelji"!" [Censorship! Željka Markić banned Index and other medias! HND calls: Boycott "On behalf of the family!"], Index.hr
  25. ↑ Novinari protiv netolerancije: najveće hrvatske medijske kuće neće izvještavati iz stožera inicijative "U ime obitelji" [Journalists against intolerance: the largest Croatian media outlets will not report from the headquarters of the initiative "On behalf of the family"]
  26. ↑ 55,3 posto Hrvata za brak žene i muškarca u Ustavu Vecernji, 6 June 2013
  27. ↑ Većina za proglašenje Vukovara mjestom posebnog pijeteta HRT, 2 November 2013
  28. ↑ "Na referendumu 59 posto građana za, 31 posto protiv". hrt.hr (in Croatian). 30 November 2013. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
  29. 1 2 3 4 Dva desetljeća crkvene ideologije su nas unazadila [Two decades of church ideology have set us back]
  30. ↑ Prve analize statističkih podataka o Referendumu "o braku" [The first analyses of statistical data on the marriage referendum]
  31. 1 2 3 4 Premijer Milanović: 'Dok sam ja na čelu Vlade referendum o ćirilici neće proći' [Prime Minister Milanović: 'As long as I am the head of the Government, the Cyrillic referendum will not pass']
  32. 1 2 Gayevi će se vjenčavati, samo se njihova veza neće moći zvati brakom [Gays will be able to get married, but their relationship can not be called marriage]
  33. ↑ "Swoboda o referendumu: Duboko sam razočaran, mislio sam da ste napredna država!" [Swoboda about the referendum: I am deeply disappointed, I thought you were a progressive country!], Index.hr
  34. ↑ KDNP welcome Croatian referendum against gay marriage
  35. ↑ Ünnepelnek Semjénék a melegházasságról szóló horvát népszavazás után (Hungarian)
  36. ↑ "Europski rabinski centar: U potpunosti podržavamo U ime obitelji" [Rabbinical Council of Europe: We Completely Support In the Name of the Family]. Večernji list . 1 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  37. 1 2 Biskup Vlado Košić: Ova vlast nije uz narod! [Bishop Vlado Košić: This government is not of the people!], Slobodna Dalmacija, December 8, 2013, retrieved December 23, 2013
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