Just in case not retorical, the point of the referendum is so that the voice can’t just be removed at the whim of the government like previous advisory bodies. There would have to be a referendum to remove it.
It may not be able to be removed but it can still be ignored, overruled, or made irrelevant by any number of bureaucratic hurdles and chicanery thrown at it by future conservative/liberal governments.
Imo a better (non-liberal) solution would have been to construct something like the USSR’s Soviet of Nationalities where all the indigenous nations would get not just a “voice” but constitutionally guaranteed representation and the ability to advance/protect indigenous interest with real influence in the legislative process, including veto powers.
Just in case not retorical, the point of the referendum is so that the voice can’t just be removed at the whim of the government like previous advisory bodies. There would have to be a referendum to remove it.
It may not be able to be removed but it can still be ignored, overruled, or made irrelevant by any number of bureaucratic hurdles and chicanery thrown at it by future conservative/liberal governments.
Imo a better (non-liberal) solution would have been to construct something like the USSR’s Soviet of Nationalities where all the indigenous nations would get not just a “voice” but constitutionally guaranteed representation and the ability to advance/protect indigenous interest with real influence in the legislative process, including veto powers.
Agree