Talk:1974 Greek republic referendum

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Elections and Referendums

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Phoney Referendum[edit]

This referendum was equally phoney like the one that proceeded it. The king was illegally not allowed to campaign. Also, the referendum itself was technically illegal. There are numerous sources in Greek that site massive fraud, intimidation and cover-ups to generate the desired result (abolition of the monarchy). Since this referendum disposed a king and ended a kingdom after many coups and wars (attempted annexation of Cyprus) this article should be expanded and should at present be considered a stub. --Nikoz78 (talk) 20:47, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

The process leading up to the referendum was indeed biased and Karamanlis' treatment of the King was disingenuous to say the least, but I've never read anyone claiming that the actual result represented anything other than the popular will, at least broadly speaking (that irregularities happened, that I believe, but not that they significantly altered the result). It was certainly a far fairer and representative vote than the two referenda of 1935 (with more votes than voters and 97.9% in favour) and 1946 (with the Left boycotting it, right-wing terror and in the opening stages of the Civil War) that brought back the monarchy, and probably fairer than the 1924 referendum, of which none other than Ioannis Metaxas said that even if the votes for the republic were rigged, the votes against were not, and they were too few... By all means, if you have these numerous sources, please bring them forward and add them to the article. Otherwise it remains your opinion. Constantine ✍ 22:10, 9 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Throughout the war the British were determined not to let Greece hold a referendum on the monarchy before the king returned, the reason being that they were sure the monarchy would lose. The more people like Brigadier Myers pointed out the 80% [his figure] of Greeks were opposed to the monarchy, the more determined Churchill was not to put the question to a popular vote.

Just as George B supported the Metaxas dictatorship, Constantine supported the Colonels. I can't see the Greeks ever having the German-Danish monarchy back. Bougatsa42 (talk) 01:11, 30 October 2012 (UTC)[reply]