{"id":35268,"date":"2013-03-12T11:49:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-12T09:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=35268"},"modified":"2013-03-12T20:03:44","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T18:03:44","slug":"no-matter-what-the-say-argentina-falkland-islanders-chose-to-stay-to-be-british-uk-news-video-35268","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/no-matter-what-the-say-argentina-falkland-islanders-chose-to-stay-to-be-british-uk-news-video-35268\/","title":{"rendered":"No matter what the say Argentina Falkland islanders chose to stay to be British \/ UK News Video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Falkland islanders react after hearing the results of the referendum in Stanley, March 11, 2013. Residents of the Falkland Islands voted almost unanimously to stay under British rule in a referendum that has inflamed a long-running sovereignty dispute with Argentina, results showed on Monday.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

UK PM David Cameron has demanded that Argentina respect the result of a referendum in the Falklands which saw an overwhelming majority 99.8% back staying under British rule.<\/h1>\n

Just three voted ‘No’ in the ballot about remaining a British Overseas Territory, with 99.8% supporting the status quo.<\/p>\n

International observers ratified the poll, in which 92% of eligible voters – or 1,513 people – took part, as “free and fair”<\/p>\n

The Prime Minister warned that Argentina should take “careful note” of the result, which he said was the clearest possible message.<\/p>\n

“The Falkland Islands may be thousands of miles away but they are British through and through. That is how they want to stay,” he said.<\/p>\n

“They want to remain British and that view should be respected by everybody, including by Argentina.”<\/p>\n

Nigel Haywood, governor of the Falkland Islands, added: “You don’t get a much clearer expression of the people’s self-determination than such a large turn out and such a large yes vote.”<\/p>\n

Argentina has yet to officially react to the referendum but had already dismissed the vote as illegal and “pointless”.<\/p>\n

It claims the people have no voice in deciding what is a dispute about sovereignty that should be resolved directly with Britain.<\/p>\n

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Falkland Islander Joan Turner, wearing a dress with the Union Jack colours, casts her vote at the Town Hall polling station in Stanley, March 10, 2013. Residents of the Falkland Islands started voting on Sunday in a sovereignty referendum that seeks to counter Argentina's increasingly assertive claim over the British-ruled territory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But delighted residents, who sang Land Of Hope And Glory and Rule Britannia after the result, insisted they must be heard.<\/p>\n

One woman celebrating in Stanley told: “It sends such a strong message to the world that we’ve been here for a long time.<\/p>\n

“We have the right to determine our own future. How long do you have to live in a country before you’re allowed to call it your own?”<\/p>\n

The referendum was organised after a deterioration in relations between Britain and Argentina, which claims the Falklands and in 1982 invaded the islands it calls Las Malvinas.<\/p>\n

During the war to take back the islands, 255 British serviceman died as well as 655 Argentinians and three locals.<\/p>\n

Relations appeared to warm for a period until Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner restated her country’s claims of sovereignty and tried to raise the issue with David Cameron and the UN.<\/p>\n

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A woman touches the (Margaret) Thatcher Drive sign in Stanley March 10, 2013. Residents of the Falkland Islands started voting on Sunday in a sovereignty referendum that seeks to counter Argentina's increasingly assertive claim over the British-ruled territory.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Although Buenos Aires dismissed the referendum as illegitimate and refused to talk to Falkland politicians, the islanders hope other countries in South and Central America will be more sympathetic.<\/p>\n

As the counting took place in Stanley Town Hall, it quickly became clear the piles of “Yes” votes were growing steadily, while “No” votes were nowhere to be seen.<\/p>\n

There was a delay in announcing the result because one vote went missing during the count but officials eventually decided it was not worth a recount for a single missing ballot.<\/p>\n

The result means the Falklands will continue to run its own affairs, but shelter under the wing of the motherland when it comes to defence and foreign policy.<\/p>\n

Falklands’ legislators know the referendum will be dismissed by the Argentine government, but one of them, Dick Sawle had this message for President Kirchner.<\/p>\n

“Listen, this is what we’ve said and it’s time you respected our human rights,” he said. “It’s time you stopped harassing us; it’s time you stopped your very aggressive stance towards us.<\/p>\n

“We’ll be taking that message to various governments and saying ‘look, self determination is a fundamental human right, you can’t ignore it’. This is what the people of the Falklands have said. Do you have a problem with that?”<\/p>\n[media id=855 width=610 height=340]\n\n

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